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Circus Routes

Whether doing circus or other research, curious about the areas traveled by circuses, or just want to find out when a circus was in your area, information on circus routes is a valuable source. Here are some circus routes:

Bud E. Anderson   1939 Bailey Bros.   1944, 1947 Al G. Barnes 1907-1915, 1917-19, 1920, 1922, 1926-28, 1929-32, 1934-36 Al G. Barnes & Sells-Floto   1937, 1938 Barnes & Bailey   1964 Barnett Bros.   1930, 1939 Barney Bros.   1936 Barnum   1872-1873, 1875-77, 1879-80 Barnum & London   1881-86 Barnum; Barnum & Bailey   1871-1918 Barr Bros.   1946 Clyde Beatty   1947-51 Clyde Beatty - Russell Bros.   1944 Biller Bros.   1950 Buffalo Bill's Wild West   1907 Buffalo Bill's Wild West & Jess Willard, 1917 Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill   1909, 1913 Campbell Bros. 1905, 1911, 1912 Campbell-Bailey-Hutchinson 1920-1922 Carson & Barnes   1957-1963, 1966-68 Tex Carson's Wild West   1955, 1956 Christy Bros.   1927-1930 Circle D Ranch & Cooper Bros.   1914 M. L. Clark & Sons   1945 (staff, program) Cole Bros. 1908, 1916-17, 1929-30, 1938-1947, 1949 James M. Cole   1943, 1946 W. W. Cole   1883 Coop & Lent's  1916, 1917 Cooper & Bailey   1876-80 Cooper & Bailey   1876-77, 1879-80 W. C. Coup   1879 Cristiani Bros.   1956-57 Cristiani-Wallace Bros.   1962-63 Dailey Bros.   1944-1948 Doris   1886 Downie Bros.   1926-1929 Downie Bros.   1930-31, 1933-34 Downie Bros.   1935-37, 1939 J. H. Eschman   1915 Dode Fisk   1909, 1910 Otto Floto   1904 Adam Forepaugh   1878-1911 Adam Forepaugh   1878, 1880, 1883 Forepaugh-Sells  1896, 1898, 1900, 1902 (pdf file) Forepaugh-Sells   1899, 1904 Gardner & Hemming's 1863 (pdf file) Gentry Bros.  1926 (pdf file) Gentry Bros.   1921, 1927-30 Gentry Bros.-James Patterson  1924 Gollmar Bros. 1899, 1900, 1902-1906, 1908, 1913-1916, 1922 Goodrich Shows  1901 Jay Gould  1948 Mighty Haag  1911-14 (some partial) Hagen-Wallace   1952 (partial) Carl Hagenbeck   1905, 1906 Hagenbeck-Wallace 1907-16, 1918-24, 1926-1935, 1937 Wm. P. Hall   1905 Harris' Nickle Plate   1899, 1900-1904 (partial) Hodgini's Great European   1915 Howe's Great London   1909, 1916, 1920 Hunt Bros.  1940, 1955 Irwin Bros. Wild West  1913, 1914 (partial)

Jones Bros. & Wilson's  1914 Jones Bros. Shows   1910, 1915 Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.   1947-1951, 1953 Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.   1957-59, 1960-62 King Bros.   1942, 1946-47, 1950-51, 1954-55, 1966 King Bros. & Cristiani   1952, 1953 King & Franklin   1888, 1890 J. H. LaPearl's   1894 LaTena's   1917 Lemen Bros.  1898, 1900 Lent's   1866-1867 Lewis Bros.   1938-1940 Mabie   1864 Walter Main 1886-87, 1889, 1904, 1920, 1922, 1927-28, 1937 Miller Bros. 101 Ranch  1908, 1926, 1928, 1931 Miller & Arlington 101 Ranch  1909-1911, 1913 Buffalo Bill & 101 Ranch  1916 Mills Bros.  1942-43, 1949-54, 1958, 1960-61 Tom Mix Circus  1936-1938 Monroe Bros.  1944, 1947, 1948 Norris & Rowe  1905-1910 Pan-American Shows   1903 John Pawling Great London  1949 Pawnee Bill's Wild West  1895, 1906, 1907 Rice Bros.  1913 Ringling Bros.   1884-92, 1904-18 Ringling Bros.   1890-1903 Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey   1941-1951 Ringling-Barnum   1919-1967 Robbins Bros.   1927-29, 1930-31, 1938 Frank A. Robbins   1912-1915 Famous Robinson   1911, 1914-1915 John Robinson   1911, 1916, 1920, 1927-30 John Robinson & Sells-Floto   1932 Rogers Bros.   1948 Royal & Adams  1910-11 Rhoda Royal  1911-12 Russell Bros.   1938, 1939, 1942 Sanger's   1911-1913 (various titles) Sig. Sautelle & Welsh Bros.   1905 Seils-Sterling   1934-36 Sello Bros.   1945 Sells Bros.   1878 Sells Bros.   1884 Sells Bros. & S. H. Barrett   1890 Sells-Floto   1912-14, 1918, 1920, 1929, 1931 Sells-Floto, Buffalo Bill   1926-1928 Sparks 1914-17, 1919-24, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931 Stevens Bros.   1946 Sun Bros.   1915-1918 Sun Bros.   1911-1913 Tompkins Wild West   1914 Van Amburgh   1875-1877, 1907 Wallace & Co.   1884 Great Wallace   1890-1904 Wallace Bros.   1937, 1961 Al F. Wheeler   1930 World Bros.   1923 Circus Vargas   1986 Yankee Patterson   1945 Yankee Robinson 1906, 1910, 1912, 1914-16, 1918-1920 Zallee Bros.   1946




Circuses, 1884   (S. H. Barrett's; Cole's Circus; Doris' Circus; Howe, Pullman and Co.'s United States; King, Burke & Co.; King, Franklin and Burke's Show; Lee and Scribner's Pavilion Show; Martell & Co.'s Consolidated; O'Brien's; Burr Robbins; Frank A. Robbins; Old John Robinson's; Sells Brothers; Dr. Thayers' New York and Trans-Continental Shows; Wallace & Co.'s

These routes are in the online Bandwagon articles (you can locate them in the Bandwagon Indexes):

Arthur Bros., 1945, Bandwagon, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1963.
Austin Bros., 1945, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1962.
Barnett Bros., 1928, Bandwagon, Vol. 18, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1974.
Beers-Barnes, partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
Carson & Barnes, partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
Christiani-Wallace Bros., partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
Clyde Beatty 1954, Bandwagon, April, 1955.
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros., partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
Cole Bros., 1935, Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1965.
Cole Bros., 1937, Bandwagon, Vol. 10, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1966.
Cole Bros., 1938, Bandwagon, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1967.
Cole Bros., 1939, Bandwagon, Vol. 11, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1967.
Cole Bros., 1940, Bandwagon, Vol. 11, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1967.
Famous Cole, partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
Coop & Lent, 1916-1918, Bandwagon, Vol. 3, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1959.
DeWayne Bros., 1961, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1962.
Obert Miller's Fairyland, partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23.
Dode Fisk 1910, Bandwagon, Vol. 3, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1959.
Adam Forepaugh-Sells Bros. 1898, Bandwagon, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug), 1957.
Gentry Bros. 1927, Bandwagon, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Feb), 1952.
Gollmar Bros., 1922, Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1965.
Hagenbeck-Wallace 1937, Bandwagon, October, 1953.
Heritage Bros., 1926, Bandwagon, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1969.
Howes Great London Circus 1921, Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1964.
Hoxie Bros. 1961, Bandwagon, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1961.
Hoxie-Bardex Bros. Combined, partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23.
Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. 1959, Bandwagon, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1960.
Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros., partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
King Bros., partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
J. H. LaPearl Shows 1897, Bandwagon, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Mar), 1952.
King Bros., 1942, Bandwagon, Vol. 7, No. 6 (Nov-Dec), 1963.
Great Melbourne Show 1907 (Wintermuth & Black), Bandwagon, Vol. 1, No. 5 (Nov), 1957.
Mills Bros. 1955, Bandwagon, Vol. 1, Jan-Feb, 1956.
Mills Bros. 1959, Bandwagon, Vol. 3, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1959.
Mills Bros., partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
Norris & Rowe 1910, Bandwagon, Vol. 3, No. 6 (Nov-Dec), 1959.
Perrine Dog & Pony Show, 1915, Bandwagon, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1968.
Rhoda Royal Circus 1919-1922, Bandwagon, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1961.
Robbins Bros. 1938, Bandwagon, Christmas, 1955. Bandwagon, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1967.
John Robinson 1911, Bandwagon, Apr-May, 1954.
Russell Bros. Pan-Pacific, 1945, Bandwagon, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1963.
Sells-Floto 1920, Bandwagon, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Jul), 1957.
Sells Bros., partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23.
Sells & Gray, partial 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 23. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, p. 20.
Sparks Circus, 1946, Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 6 (Nov-Dec), 1964.
Sterling & Wallace, 1959, Bandwagon, Vol. 5, No. 5 (Sep-Oct-Nov), 1961.
F. J. Taylor, 1925, Bandwagon, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1963.
B. L. Wallace, 1921, Bandwagon, Vol. 5, No. 5 (Sep-Oct-Nov), 1961.
Wallace & Clark, 1962, Bandwagon, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1963.
Yankee Patterson, 1945, Bandwagon, Vol. 10, No. 6 (Nov-Dec), 1966.
Yankee Robinson, 1906, Bandwagon, Vol. 11, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1967.
Young Buffalo Wild West Show 1910-1911-1913, Bandwagon, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1960. 1912, Bandwagon, Vol. 3, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1959.

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