Yankee Robinson and Ringling Brothers
Museum and Fair, Route 1884

From: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. Route Book for 1946. Sarasota, FL: F. B. Kelley, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1946. Permission to place the information from this route book on the Circus Historical Society website has been provided by Feld Entertainment, Inc.™, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey™.

Editor's Note: A feature of the 1945 Circus Route Book was a compilation of the old Barnum routes from 1871 through 1918, the season before the combining of Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth and Ringling Brothers World's Greatest Shows. Bill Chipman, a member of the editorial staff of the New York Daily News and a prominent circus historian, supplied the old Barnum routes and this year has compiled the old Ringling routes. In these tasks, he has been aided by other circus enthusiasts including John P. Grace, Chas. A. Davitt, Charles G. Sturtevant, Dr. H. H. Conley, Jenks Cameron, Alexander Clarke, Melvin D. Hildreth and Sverre Braathen.

May 19 — Baraboo, Wis. 20 — Sauk City, Wis 21 — Black Earth, Wis. 22 — Mt. Horeb, Wis. 23 — Mt. Vernon, Wis. 24 — New Glarus, Wis. Sunday 26 — Albany, Wis. 27 — Brodhead, Wis. 28 — Monroe, Wis. 29 — Argyle, Wis. 30 — Darlington, Wis. 31 — Belmont, Wis. Sunday June 2 — Linden, Wis. 3 — Dodgeville, Wis. 4 — Highland, Wis. 5 — Montfort, Wis. 6 — Fennimore, Wis. 7 — Bloomington, Wis. Sunday 9 — Prairie du Chien,Wis. 10 — Batavia, Wis. 11 — Mt. Sterling, Wis. 12 — Soldiers Grove, Wis. 13 — Viola, Wis. 14 — West Lima, Wis. Sunday 16 — Ontario, Wis. 17 — Cashton, Wis. 18 — Westby, Wis. 19 — Chaseburg, Wis. 20 — De Soto, Wis. 21 — Lansing, Iowa Sunday 23 — Waukon, Iowa 24 — Waterville, Iowa 25 — Monona, Iowa 26 — Postville, Iowa 27 — Ossian, Iowa 28 — Ft. Atkinson, Iowa Sunday 30 — Sumner, Iowa July 1 — Waucoma, Iowa 2 — Fayette, Iowa 3 — Maynard, Iowa 4 — Brush Creek, Iowa 5 — Oelwein, Iowa Sunday 7 — Fairbank, Iowa 8 — Janesville, Iowa 9 — Shell Rock, Iowa 10 — Clarksville, Iowa 11 — Plainfield, Iowa 12 — Ionia, Iowa Sunday 14 — Floyd, Iowa 15 — Rockford, Iowa 16 — Rock Falls, Iowa 17 — Mitchell, Iowa 18 — St. Ansgar, Iowa 19 — Lyle, Minn. Sunday 21 — Northwood, Iowa 22 — Lake Mills, Iowa 23 — Alden, Minn. 24 — Wells, Minn. 25 — Delavan, Minn. 26 — Winnebago City, Minn. Sunday 28 — Garden City. Minn. 29 — Lake Crystal, Minn. 30 — Madelia, Minn. 31 — St. James, Minn.

August 1 — Mountain Lake, Minn. 2 — Windom, Minn. Sunday 4 — Heron Lake, Minn. 5 — Lakefield, Minn. 6 — Jackson, Minn. 7 — Estherville, Iowa 8 — Milford, Iowa 9 — Ruthven, Iowa Sunday 11 — Sioux Rapids, Iowa 12 — Peterson, Iowa 13 — Alta, Iowa 14 — Galva, Iowa 15 — Holstein, Iowa 16 — Correctionville, Iowa Sunday 18 — Danbury, Iowa 19 — Battle Creek, Iowa 20 — Ida Grove, Iowa 21 — Odebolt, Iowa 22 — Early, Iowa 23 — Wall Lake, Iowa Sunday 25 — Arcadia, Iowa 26 — Breda, Iowa 27 — Lake City, Iowa 28 — Rockwell City, Iowa 29 — Pomeroy, Iowa 30 — Manson, Iowa Sunday September 1 — Gilmore City, Iowa 2 — Humboldt, Iowa 3 — Goldfield, Iowa 4 — Clarion, Iowa 5 — Dows, Iowa 6 — Iowa Falls, Iowa Sunday 8 — Steamboat Rock, Iowa 9 — Grundy Center, Iowa 10 — Reinbeck, Iowa 11 — Traer, Iowa 12 — Dysart, Iowa 13 — Garrison, Iowa Sunday 15 — Palo, Iowa 16 — Center Point, Iowa 17 — Central City, Iowa 18 — Hopkinton, Iowa 19 — Cascade, Iowa 20 — Lamotte, Iowa Sunday 22 — Bellevue, Iowa 23 — Hanover, Ill. 24 — Elizabeth, Ill. 25 — Apple River, Ill. 26 — Shullsburg, Wis. 27 — Benton, Wis. End of Season Winter Quarters: Baraboo, Wis.

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