Circus Historical Society
Sells Bros. Circus
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Route courtesy of Pfening collection. There may be spelling errors.
Sells Bros. Enormous Shows, 1884
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April
16-19 - Columbus, Ohio Sunday 21-23 - Cincinnati, Ohio 24 - Covington, Kentucky 25 - Paris, Kentucky 26 - Maysville, Kentucky Sunday 28 - Richmond, Kentucky 29 - Winchester, Kentucky 30 - Lexington, Kentucky May 1 - Frankfort, Kentucky 2-3 - Louisville, Kentucky Sunday 5 - Rockport, Indiana 6 - Evansville, Indiana 7 - Vincennes, Indiana 8 - Terre Haute, Indiana 9-10 - Indianapolis, Indiana Sunday 12 - Logansport, Indiana 13 - Lafayette, Indiana 14 - Crawfordsville, Indiana 15 - Danville, Illinois 16 - Champaign, Illinois 17 - Bloomington, Illinois Sunday 19 - Peoria, Illinois 20 - Galesburg, Illinois 21 - Burlington, Iowa 22 - Quincy, Illinois 23 - Hannibal, Missouri 24 - Moberly, Missouri Sunday 26 - Kansas City, Missouri 27 - Atchison, Missouri 28 - St. Joseph, Missouri 29 - Maryville, Missouri 30 - Bedford, Iowa 31 - Creston, Iowa June Sunday 2 - Des Moines, Iowa 3 - Newton, Iowa 4 - Iowa City, Iowa 5 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 6 - Vinton, Iowa 7 - Waterloo, Iowa Sunday 9-10 - Minneapolis, Minnesota 11 - St. Cloud, Minnesota 12 - Sauk Centre, Minnesota 13 - Alexandria, Minnesota 14 - Fergus Falls, Minnesota Sunday 16 - Crookston, Minnesota 17 - Grand Forks, North Dakota 18 - Fargo, North Dakota 19 - Wahpeton, North Dakota 20 - Morris, Minnesota 21 - Litchfield, Minnesota Sunday 23 - St. Paul, Minnesota 24 - Stillwater, Minnesota 25 - Hudson, Wisconsin 26 - Menominee, Wisconsin 27 - Eau Claire, Wisconsin 28 - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Sunday 30 - Stevens Point, Wisconsin July 1 - Waupaca, Wisconsin 2 - Neenah, Wisconsin 3 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin 4 - Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin 5 - Green Bay, Wisconsin Sunday 7 - Ishpeming, Michigan 8 - Negaunee, Michigan 9 - Escanaba, Michigan 10 - Florence, Michigan 11 - Memominee, Michigan 12 - Oconto, Wisconsin Sunday 14 - Appleton, Wisconsin 15 - Wausau, Wisconsin 16 - New London, Wisconsin 17 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin 18 - Sheboygan, Wisconsin 19 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 20 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Sunday) 21 - Watertown, Wisconsin 22 - Madison, Wisconsin 23 - Janesville, Wisconsin 24 - Elgin, Illinois 25 - Racine, Wisconsin 26 - Waukegan, Illinois Sunday 28-31 - Chicago, Illinois August 1-2 - Chicago, Illinois Sunday 4 - Sterling, Illinois 5 - Sandwich, Illinois 6 - Princeton, Illinois 7 - Kewanee, Illinois 8 - Canton, Illinois 9 - Havana, Illinois Sunday 11 - Petersburg, Illinois 12 - Carrollton, Illinois 13 - Alton, Illinois |
August
14 - Louisiana, Missouri 15 - Fulton, Missouri 16 - Marshall, Missouri Sunday 18 - Boonville, Missouri 19 - Sedalia, Missouri 20 - Clinton, Missouri 21 - Lexington, Missouri 22 - Warrensburg, Missouri 23 - Paola, Kansas Sunday 25 - Ottawa, Kansas 26 - Harrisonville, Missouri 27 - Rich Hill, Missouri 28 - Carthage, Missouri 29 - Nevada, Missouri 30 - Ft. Scott, Kansas Sunday September 1 - Parsons, Kansas 2 - Burlington, Kansas 3 - Emporia, Kansas 4 - Clay Center, Kansas 5 - Abilene, Kansas 6 - Minneapolis, Kansas Sunday 8 - McPherson, Kansas 9 - Salina, Kansas 10 - Wamega, Kansas 11 - Topeka, Kansas 12 - Osage City, Kansas 13 - Marion Center, Kansas Sunday 15 - Eldorade, Kansas 16 - Newton, Kansas 17 - Hutchinson, Kansas 18 - Wichita, Kansas 19 - Wellington, Kansas 20 - Winfield, Kansas Sunday 22 - Independence, Kansas 23 - Joplin, Missouri 24 - Neosha, Missouri 25 - Springfield, Missouri 26 - Pierce City, Missouri 27 - Fayetteville, Arkansas Sunday 29 - Ft. Smith, Arkansas 30 - Van Buren, Arkansas (one show) October 1 - Ozark, Arkansas (one show only) 2 - Russellville, Arkansas 3 - Conway, Arkansas 4 - Little Rock, Arkansas Sunday 6 - Malvern, Arkansas 7 - Hope, Arkansas 8 - Texarkana, Texas 9 - Clarksville, Texas 10 - Paris, Texas 11 - Bonham, Texas Sunday 13 - Denison, Texas 14 - Sherman, Texas 15 - Gainesville, Texas 16 - Denton, Texas (one show only) 17 - Hillsboro, Texas (one show only) 18 - Waco, Texas Sunday 20 - Weatherford, Texas 21 - Ft. Worth, Texas 22 - Henrietta, Texas 23 - Decatur, Texas 24 - Cleburne, Texas (one show only) 25 - Dallas, Texas Sunday 27 - Belton, Texas 28 - Lampasas, Texas 29 - Caldwell, Texas 30 - Navasota, Texas 31 - Brenham, Texas November 1 - Beeville, Texas Sunday 3 - Galveston, Texas 4 - Houston, Texas 5 - Huntsville, Texas (one show) 6 - Crockett, Texas 7 - Longview, Texas 8 - Marshall, Texas Sunday 10 - Greenville, Texas 11 - Terrell, Texas 12 - Mineola, Texas 13 - Palestine, Texas 14 - Hearne, Texas (one show only) 15 - Austin, Texas Sunday 17 - San Marcos, Texas *** 18 - San Antonio, Texas 19 - Gonzales, Texas 20 - Columbus, Texas 21 - La Grange, Texas 22 - Richmond, Texas Sunday 24 - Beaumont, Texas 25 - Orange, Texas 26 - Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 - Vermillionville, Louisiana 28 - Morgan City, Louisiana 29 - Thibodauxville, Louisiana 30 - New Orleans, Louisiana (Sunday) December 1-6 - New Orleans, Louisiana 7 - New Orleans, Louisiana (Sunday) 8 - New Orleans, Louisiana Season ends |
Eph Sells, Lewis Sells, Peter Sells, owners. Eph Sells, manager; Allen Sells, assistant manager; Peter Sells, general agent; James Stowe, equestrian director; James Morris, side show manager; W. N. Merrick, musical director. Winter quarters, Columbus, Ohio. Thirty piece band. Fifty cage menagerie. Show traveled 11,537 miles. December 9-10, enroute to winter quarters, Columbus, Ohio, 1,006 miles. December 11, arrive Columbus, Ohio.
*** November 17, San Marcos, Texas, Fritz, the big elephant, died here.
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