Circus Historical Society
Ringling Bros. Circus Routes 1916-18
Routes courtesy of Bob Cline.
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1916
There will be typographical errors.|
April
15-30 - Chicago, IL May 1 - Enroute 2-6 - St. Louis, MO 8 - Terre Haute, IN 9 - Champaign, IL 10 - Danville 11 - Indianapolis, IN 12 - Anderson 13 - Hamilton, OH 15 - Cincinnati 16 - Dayton 17 - Columbus 18 - Chillicothe 19 - Huntington, WV 20 - Charleston 22 - Parkersburg 23 - Wheeling 24 - Fairmont (nite cancel'd) 25 - Cambridge, OH 26 - Newark 27 - Marion 29-30 - Detroit, MI 31 - Toledo, OH June 1-2 - Cleveland, OH 3 - New Brighton, PA 5-7 - Pittsburgh 8 - McKeesport 9 - Uniontown 10 - Greensburg 12 - Johnstown 13 - Altoona 14 - Harrisburg 15 - Reading 16 - Easton 17 - Allentown 19 - Wilkes-Barre 20 - Scranton 21 - Binghamton, NY 22 - Elmira 23 - Hornell 24 - Olean 26 - Bradford, PA (nite cancel'd) 27 - Meadville 28 - Ashtabula, OH 29 - Elyria 30 - Monroe, MI July 1 - Flint, MI 3 - Lansing 4 - Battle Creek 5 - Jackson 6 - Grand Rapids 7 - Kalamazoo 8 - South Bend |
July
10 - Rockford, IL 11 - Dubuque, IA 12 - Waterloo 13 - Mason City 14 - Ft. Dodge 15 - Cherokee 17 - Sioux City 18 - Sioux Falls, SD 19 - Mitchell 20 - Aberdeen 21 - Watertown 22 - Willmar, MN 24 - Grand Forks, ND 25 - Crookston, MN 26 - Fargo, ND 27 - Fergus Falls, MN 28 - St. Cloud 29 - Duluth 31 - Minneapolis August 1 - Minneapolis, MN 2 - St. Paul 3 - Mankato 4 - Rochester 5 - Winona 7 - Madison, WI 8 - Beaver Dam 9 - Fond du Lac 10 - Sheboygan 11 - Appleton 12 - Green Bay 14 - Milwaukee 15 - Racine 16 - Janesville 17 - Freeport, IL 18 - Davenport, IA 19 - Iowa City 21 - Des Moines 22 - Atlantic 23 - Lincoln, NE 24 - Hastings 25 - Grand Island 26 - Norfolk 28 - Omaha 29 - Fremont 30 - Denison, IA 31 - Boone September 1 - Marshalltown, IA 2 - Iowa Falls 4 - Cedar Rapids 5 - Clinton 6 - Sterling, IL 7 - Aurora 8 - Kewanee 9 - Macomb |
September
11 - Quincy, IL 12 - Galesburg 13 - Peoria 14 - Springfield 15 - Alton 16 - Carlinville 18 - East St. Louis 19 - Decatur 20 - Taylorville 21 - Mattoon 22 - Murphysboro 23 - Marion 25 - Belleville 26 - Cairo 27 - Jackson, TN 28 - Paducah, KY 29 - Evansville, IN 30 - Hopkinsville, KY October 2 - Nashville, TN 3 - Bowling Green,KY 4 - Louisville 5 - Lexington 6 - Richmond (aft. only) 7 - Knoxville, TN 9-10 - Atlanta, GA 11 - Athens 12 - Anderson, SC 13 - Greenville 14 - Spartanburg 16 - Charlotte, NC 17 - Columbia, SC 18 - Augusta, GA 19 - Macon 20 - Albany 21 - Columbus 23 - Birmingham, AL 24 - Gadsden 25 - Anniston 26 - Rome, GA 27 - Chattanooga, TN 28 - Huntsville, AL 30 - Clarksdale, MS 31 - Greenville November 1 - Greenwood, MS 2 - Jackson 3 - Brookhaven 4 - Baton Rouge, LA Season ends |
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1917
There will be typographical errors.|
April
7-29 - Chicago, IL 30 - Enroute May 1-5 - St. Louis, MO 7 - Muncie, IN 8 - Springfield, OH 9 - Zanesville 10 - Marietta 11 - Clarksburg, WV 12 - Cumberland, MD 14-15 - Washington, DC 16-17 - Baltimore, MD 18 - Wilmington, DE 19 - Atlantic City, NJ 21 - Camden 22 - Trenton 23 - Newark 24 - Jersey City 25 - Paterson 26 - Middletown, NY 28 - Stamford, CT 29 - Bridgeport 30 - New Haven 31 - Waterbury June 1 - Hartford, CT 2 - Meriden 4-9 - Boston, MA 11 - Lynn 12 - Salem 13 - Lowell 14 - Lawrence 15 - Manchester, NH 16 - Fitchburg, MA 18-19 - Providence, RI 20 - New Bedford, MA 21 - Fall River 22 - Worcester 23 - Springfield 25 - Albany, NY 26 - Schenectady 27 - Utica 28 - Syracuse 29 - Rochester 30 - Niagara Falls July 2 - Buffalo, NY 3 - Jamestown, NY 4 - Erie, PA 5 - Youngstown, OH 6 - New Castle, PA 7 - Warren, OH |
July
9 - Akron, OH 10 - Mansfield 11 - Lima 12 - Ft. Wayne, IN 13 - Kokomo (nite cancel'd) 14 - Lafayette 16 - Joliet, IL 17 - Bloomington 18 - Mendota 19 - Monmouth (aft. only) 20 - Hannibal, MO 21 - Moberly 23 - Kansas City 24 - St. Joseph 25 - Topeka, KS 26 - Emporia 27 - Pittsburg 28 - Springfield, MO 30 - Joplin 31 - Coffeyville, KS August 1 - Tulsa, OK 2 - Oklahoma City 3 - Arkansas City, KS 4 - Wichita 6 - Hutchinson 7 - Dodge City (aft. only) 8 - Pueblo, CO 9 - Colorado Springs 10 - Denver 11 - Ft. Collins (aft. only) 13 - Salt Lake City, UT 14 - Ogden 15 - Pocatello, ID (aft. only) 16 - Boise 17 - Baker, OR (4 pm only) 18 - Walla Walla, WA 20 - Spokane 21 - Wenatchee (4 pm only) 22 - Everett 23-24 - Seattle 25 - Tacoma 27 - Portland, OR 28 - Enroute 29 - Chico, CA (cancelled) 30 - Sacramento 31 - Oakland September 1-3 - San Francisco, CA 4 - San Jose 5 - Stockton 6 - Fresno |
September
7 - Visalia 8 - Bakersfield 10-12 - Los Angeles 13 - San Diego 14 - Santa Ana 15 - San Bernardino 17 - Phoenix, AZ 18 - Tucson 19 - Douglas (aft. only) 20 - El Paso, TX 21 - Enroute 22 - Abilene, TX 24 - Dallas 25 - Ft. Worth 26 - Waco 27 - Taylor 28 - Austin 29 - San Antonio October 1 - Galveston, TX 2 - Houston 3 - Beaumont 4 - Lake Charles, LA 5 - New Iberia 6 - Alexandria 8 - Shreveport 9 - Sulphur Springs, TX 10 - McKinney 11 - Greenville 12 - Hillsboro 13 - Temple 15 - Cleburn 16 - Gainesville 17 - Wichita Falls 18 - Lawton, OK 19 - Clinton 20 - Enid 22 - Chickasha 23 - Ardmore 24 - Enid 25 - Okmulgee 26 - Muskogee 27 - Ft. Smith, AR 29 - Paris, TX 30 - Terrell 31 - Corsicana November 1 - Tyler, TX 2 - Texarkana, AR 3 - Little Rock 5 - Memphis, TN Season ends |
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1918
There will be typographical errors.|
April
20-30 - Chicago, IL May 1-5 - Chicago, IL 6 - Enroute 7-11 - St. Louis, MO 13 - Terre Haute, IN 14 - Indianapolis 15 - Anderson 16 - Dayton, OH 17 - Columbus 18 - Marion 20-21 - Detroit, MI 22 - Toledo, OH 23 - Elyria 24-25 - Cleveland 27 - Wheeling, WV 28-30 - Pittsburgh, PA 31 - McKeesport June 1 - Charleroi, PA 3 - Greensburg 4 - Johnstown 5 - Altoona 6 - Lewiston 7 - Sunbury 8 - Williamsport 10 - York 11 - Harrisburg 12 - Lebanon 13 - Pottsville 14 - Reading 15 - Norristonw 17 - Easton 18 - Plainfield, NJ 19 - Allentown, PA 20 - Wilkes-Barre 21 - Scranton 22 - Carbondale 24 - Oneonta, NY 25 - Binghamton 26 - Elmira 27 - Waverly 28 - Ithaca 29 - Cortland July 1 - Gloversville, NY 2 - Herkimer 3 - Watertown 4 - Auburn 5 - Corning 6 - Hornell |
July
8 - Olean, NY 9 - Corry, PA 10 - Meadville 11 - Sharon 12 - Ashtabula, OH 13 - Canton 15 - Detroit, MI 16 - Flint 17 - Saginaw 18 - Alma 19 - Ionia 20 - Muskegon 22 - Grand Rapids 23 - Lansing 24 - Jackson 25 - Battle Creek 26 - Kalamazoo 27 - South Bend, IN 29 - Milwaukee, WI 30 - Madison 31 - Rockford, IL August 1 - Clinton, IA 2 - Cedar Rapids 3 - Marshalltown 5 - Des Moines 6 - Denison (nite cancel'd) 7 - Omaha, NE 8 - Lincoln 9 - Hastings 10 - Fremont 12 - Sioux City, IA 13 - Sioux Falls, SD 14 - Watertown 15 - Willmar, MN (nite cancel'd) 16 - St. Cloud 17 - Duluth 19-20 - Minneapolis 21 - St. Paul 22 - Winona (aft. cancel'd) 23 - La Crosse, WI 24 - Rochester, MN 26 - Mankato 27 - Blue Earth 28 - Mason City, IA 29 - Waterloo 30 - Davenport 31 - Galesburg, IL |
September
2 - Peoria, IL 3 - Springfield 4 - Decatur (cancelled) 5 - Champaign 6 - Danville 7 - Vincennes, IN 9 - Evansville, IN 10 - Mattoon, IL 11 - Alton 12 - East St. Louis 13 - Carbondale 14 - Cairo 16 - Memphis, TN 17 - Dyersburg 18 - Jackson 19 - Paducah, KY (cancelled) 20 - Hopkinsville 21 - Nashville, TN 23 - Birmingham, AL 24 - Gadsden, AL 25 - Chattanooga, TN 26 - Cartersville, GA 27-28 - Atlanta 30 - Athens October 1 - Augusta, GA 2 - Columbia, SC 3 - Sumter 4 - Charleston All following cancelled* 5 - Savannah, GA 7 - Jacksonville, FL 8 - Waycross, GA 9 - Thomasville 10 - Dothan, AL 11 - Montgomery 12 - Selma 14 - Meridian, MS 15 - Jackson 16 - Greenwood 17 - Greenville 18 - Clarksdale Season ends at Waycross |
Winter quarters, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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