Ringling Brothers Museum and Menagerie, Route 1885

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 18 — Baraboo, Wis. 19 — Loganville, Wis. 20 — Cazenovia, Wis. 21 — Ithaca, Wis. 22 — Richland Center, Wis. 23 — Muscoda, Wis. Sunday 25 — Excelsior, Wis. 26 — Soldiers Grove, Wis. 27 — Seneca, Wis. 28 — Batavia, Wis. 29 — Prairie du Chien, Wis. 30 — National, Iowa Sunday June 1 — Garnavillo, Iowa 2 — Guttenberg, Iowa 3 — Elkport, Iowa 4 — Elkader, Iowa 5 — Elgin, Iowa 6 — West Union, Iowa Sunday 8 — Waucoma, Iowa 9 — Lawler, Iowa 10 — New Hampton, Iowa 11 — Fredericksburg, Iowa 12 — Nashua, Iowa 13 — Greene, Iowa Sunday 15 — Clarksville, Iowa 16 — Shell Rock, Iowa 17 — New Hartford, Iowa 18 — Aplington, Iowa 19 — Holland, Iowa 20 — Eldora, Iowa Sunday 22 — Union, Iowa 23 — Radcliffe, Iowa 24 — Jewell, Iowa 25 — Story City, Iowa 26 — Ames, Iowa 27 — Cambridge, Iowa Sunday 29 — Madrid, Iowa 30 — Woodward, Iowa July 1 — Ogden, Iowa 2 — Grand Junction, Iowa 3 — Angus, Iowa 4 — Perry, Iowa Sunday 6 — Bagley, Iowa 7 — Bayard, Iowa 8 — Coon Rapids, Iowa 9 — Guthrie Center, Iowa 10 — Panora, Iowa 11 — Linden, Iowa Sunday 13 — Redfield, Iowa 14 — Dexter, Iowa 15 — DeSoto, Iowa 16 — Van Meter, Iowa 17 — Adel, Iowa 18 — Dallas Center, Iowa Sunday 20 — Polk City, Iowa 21 — Altoona, Iowa 22 — Mitchellville, Iowa 23 — Colfax, Iowa 24 — Prairie City, Iowa 25 — Monroe, Iowa Sunday 27 — Lynnville, Iowa 28 — New Sharon, Iowa 29 — Montezuma, Iowa 30 — Brooklyn, Iowa 31 — Victor, Iowa

August 1 — Marengo, Iowa Sunday 3 — Belle Plaine, Iowa 4 — Blairstown, Iowa 5 — Norway, Iowa 6 — Oxford, Iowa 7 — Solon, Iowa 8 — Lisbon, Iowa Sunday 10 — Springville, Iowa 11 — Anamosa, Iowa 12 — Olin, Iowa 13 — Clarence, Iowa 14 — Wyoming, Iowa 15 — Monticello, Iowa Sunday 17 — Cascade, Iowa 18 — Bernard, Iowa 19 — Lamotte, Iowa 20 — Bellevue, Iowa 21 — Andrew, Iowa 22 — Maquoketa, Iowa Sunday 24 — Baldwin, Iowa 25 — Lost Nation, Iowa 26 — Wheatland, Iowa 27 — Dixon, Iowa 28 — Grand Mound, Iowa 29 — DeWitt, Iowa Sunday 31 — Charlotte, Iowa September 1 — Preston, Iowa 2 — Sabula, Iowa 3 — Savanna, Ill. 4 — Thomson, Ill. 5 — Milledgeville, Ill. Sunday 7 — Shannon, Ill. 8 — Forreston, Ill. 9 — Leaf River, Ill. 10 — Byron, Ill. 11 — Monroe Center, Ill. 12 — Kirkland, Ill. Sunday 14 — Genoa, Ill. 15 — Hampshire, Ill. 16 — Huntley, Ill. 17 — Nunda, Ill. 18 — Wauconda, Ill. 19 — Richmond, Ill. Sunday 21 — Wilmot, Wis. 22 — Union Grove, Wis. 23 — Waterford, Wis. 24 — East Troy, Wis. 25 — Eagle (Waukesha County), Wis. 26 — Palmyra, Wis. Sunday 28 — Lake Mills, Wis. 29 — Waterloo, Wis. 30 — Reeseville, Wis. October 1 — Fox Lake, Wis. 2 — Markesan, Wis. 3 — Randolph, Wis. End of Season Winter Quarters: Baraboo, Wis.

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