Ringling Brothers Museum and Menagerie, Route 1888

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 5 — Baraboo, Wis. Sunday 7 — Reedsburg, Wis. 8 — Cazenovia, Wis. 9 — Hillsboro, Wis. (One show) 10 — Ontario, Wis. (One show) 11 — Cashton, Wis. (One show) 12 — Viroqua, Wis. (Cancelled; snow) Sunday 14 — Lansing, Iowa 15 — Waukon, Iowa 16 — Dorchester, Iowa 17 — Caledonia, Minn. 18 — Spring Grove, Minn. 19 — Mabel, Minn. Sunday 21 — Canton, Minn. 22 — Preston, Minn. 23 — Chatfield, Minn. 24 — St. Charles, Minn. 25 — Plainview, Minn. 26 — Potsdam, Minn. Sunday 28 — Mazeppa, Minn. 29 — Pine Island, Minn. 30 — Kasson, Minn. 31 — Hayfield, Minn. June 1 — Blooming Prairie, Minn. 2 — New Richland, Minn. Sunday 4 — Wells, Minn. 5 — Minnesota Lake, Minn. 6 — Mapleton, Minn. 7 — Amboy, Minn. 8 — Winnebago City, Minn. 9 — Blue Earth, Minn. Sunday 11 — Bancroft, Iowa 12 — Algona, Iowa 13 — Britt, Iowa 14 — Forest City, Iowa 15 — Garner, Iowa 16 — Belmond, Iowa Sunday 18 — Clarion, Iowa 19 — Dows, Iowa 20 — Hampton, Iowa 21 — Iowa Falls, Iowa 22 — Williams, Iowa 23 — Webster City, Iowa Sunday 25 — Eagle Grove, Iowa 26 — Renwick, Iowa 27 — Livermore, Iowa 28 — Humboldt, Iowa 29 — Gilmore City, Iowa 30 — Manson, Iowa Sunday July 2 — Fonda, Iowa 3 — Newell, Iowa 4 — Sioux Rapids, Iowa 5 — Peterson, Iowa 6 — Alta, Iowa 7 — Schaller, Iowa Sunday 9 — Odebolt, Iowa 10 — Vail, Iowa 11 — Manilla, Iowa 12 — Earling, Iowa 13 — Dunlap, Iowa 14 — Charter Oak, Iowa Sunday 16 — Danbury, Iowa 17 — Mapleton, Iowa 18 — Correctionville, Iowa 19 — Kingsley, Iowa 20 — Remsen, Iowa 21 — Marcus, Iowa Sunday 23 — Cherokee, Iowa 24 — Sutherland, Iowa 25 — Paulina, Iowa 26 — Sanborn, Iowa 27 — Sheldon, Iowa 28 — Hull, Iowa Sunday 30 — Rock Rapids, Iowa 31 — Rock Valley, Iowa

August 1 — Ireton, Iowa 2 — Hawarden-Calliope, Iowa 3 — Akron, Iowa 4 — Elk Point, D. T. Sunday 6 — Ponca, Neb. 7 — Jackson, Neb. 8 — Wakefield, Neb. 9 — Wayne, Neb. 10 — Pender, Neb. 11 — Bancroft, Neb. Sunday 13 — Oakland, Neb. 14 — Hooper, Neb. 15 — Arlington, Neb. 16 — Waterloo, Neb. 17-18 — Papillion, Neb. Sunday 20 — Elmwood, Neb. 21 — Syracuse, Neb. 22 — Bennett, Neb. 23 — Firth, Neb. 24 — Sterling, Neb. 25 — Tecumseh, Neb. Sunday 27 — Talmage, Neb. 28 — Dunbar, Neb. 29 — Hamburg, Iowa 30 — Sidney, Iowa 31 — Plumb Hollow, Iowa September 1 — Glenwood, Iowa Sunday 3 — Macedonia, Iowa 4 — Oakland, Iowa 5 — Avoca, Iowa 6 — Harlan, Iowa 7 — Defiance, Iowa 8 — Manning, Iowa Sunday 10 — Coon Rapids, Iowa 11 — Bayard, Iowa 12 — Scranton, Iowa 13 — Glidden, Iowa 14 — Lake City, Iowa 15 — Lohrville, Iowa Sunday 17 — Dayton, Iowa 18 — Jewell, Iowa 19 — Hubbard, Iowa 20 — Zearing, Iowa 21 — Union, Iowa 22 — Grundy Center, Iowa Sunday 24 — Parkersburg, Iowa 25 — Allison, Iowa 26 — Waverly, Iowa 27 — Tripoli, Iowa 28 — Sumner, Iowa 29 — Oelwein, Iowa Sunday October 1 — Strawberry Point, Iowa 2 — Elkader, Iowa 3 — Garnavillo, Iowa 4 — McGregor, Iowa 5 — Prairie du Chien, Wis. 6 — Bloomington, Wis. Sunday 8 — Fennimore, Wis. 9 — Montfort, Wis. 10 — Highland, Wis. 11 — Spring Green, Wis. 12 — Black Earth, Wis. 13 — Sauk City, Wis. End of Season Winter Quarters: Baraboo, Wis.

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