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Sun Bros. Circus Routes 1915-1918
Routes courtesy of John Polacsek.
Sun Bros. Circus Route 1911 (partial)
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April
5 - Macon, Ga 21- Georgetown, Ky 22 - Williamstown 23 - Mt. Sterling 24 - Salt Lick 26 - Mt. Olive 27 - Grayson 28 - Louisa 29 - Prestonburg 30 - Elkham May 1 -Jenkins, Ky 6 - Logan, WVa 7 - Hurricane 8 - Danville 10 - Eskdale 13 - Tours 14 - Oak Hill 15 - Mt. Hope 20 - Gassaway, WVa 21 - Burnsville 22 - Weston 24 - Buckhammon 25 - Phillipi 26 - Terra Alta 27 - Romney 28 - Petersburg 29 - Moorefield June 3 - Salem, WVa 4 - Pennsboro 5 - St. Marys 7 - McConnellsville, OH 8 - Somerset 9 - Utica 10 - Butler 11 - Chicago Jct 12 - N. Baltimore 16 - Albion, Ind 17 - Nappanee 19 - Angola 21 - Hudson, Mich 22 - Milan 23 - Howell 24 - Ithaca 25 - Mt. Pleasant 26 - Midland 30 - West Branch July 1 - Roscommon, Mich 2 - Wolverine 3 - St. Ignace 5 - Sault Ste Marie 6 - Newberry 7 - Marquette 8 - Hancock 9 - Lake Linden 10 - Baraga 14 - Iron River, Wisc 15 - Superior 16 - Moose Lake 17 - Wahkon, Minn ? 19 - Albany, Minn 20 - Belgrade 21 - Hoffman 22 - Elbow Lake 23 - Fairmount, ND 24 - Ortonville, Minn |
August
3 - Avatonna, Minn ? 4 - Dodge Center 5 - Galesville, Wisc 6 - West Salem 7 - Norwalk 9 - Reedsburg 10 - Mt. Horeb 11 - Evansville 12 - Juneau 13 - Plymouth 14 - Manitowoc 16 - Frankfort, Mich 17 - Marion 18 - Clare 19 - Merrill 20 - Edmore 21 - Belding 25 - Fennville 26 - Bangor 27 - Valparaiso, Ind 28 - Knox 30 - Argos 31 - S. Whitley September 1 - Kewanna, Ind 2 - Flora 3 - Colfax 4 - Rockville 7 - Altamont, Ill 8 - Flora 9 - Fairfield 10 - Albion 11 - Oakland City, Ind 13 - Tell City 14 - Rockport 15 - Boonville 16 - Huntingburg 17 - English 18 - Corydon September 20 - Hodgenville, Ky 22- Beaver Dam 23 - Greenville 24 - Marion 25 - Cadiz 27 - Benton 28 - Murray 29 - Waverly, Tenn 30 - Camden October 2 - Hutingdon, Tenn 6 - Union City 7 - Hickman, Ky 8 - Tiptonville, Tenn 9 - Dyersburg 13 - Covington 14 - Hernando, Miss 15 - Senatobia 16 - Batesville 18 - Greenwood 19 - Charleston 20 - Sumner 21 - Ruleville 22 - Belzoni 23 - Flora 25 - Mendenhall 26 - Columbia 27 - Wiggins 28 - Collins 29 - Hattiesburg 30 - Laurel |
November
1 - Meridan, Miss 2 - Untiontown, Ala 3 - Marion 4 - Greensboro 5 - Eutaw 6 - Blockton 11 - Kosciusko, Miss 12 - Lexington 13 - Yazoo City 15 - Rolling Fork 16 - Allendale 17 - Shaw 18 - Rosedale 19 - Shelby 20 - Glendora 22 - Coffeeville December 1 - Lafayette, Ala 2 - Hamilton, Ga 3 - Greenville 4 - Senoia 6 - Forsyth 7 - Monticello 8 - Eatonton 9 - Unadilla 10 - Adel 11 - Quitman 13 - Valdosta 15 - Pelham 16 - Sylvester Season Ends |
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Sun Bros. Circus Route 1916
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March
30 - Macon, Ga. 31 - Thompson April 1 - Roanoke, Ala 3 - LIneville 4 - Talladega 5 - Pell City 6 - Jacksonville 7 - Rome 8 - Dalton 10 - Cleveland, Tenn 11 - Athens 12 - Lenoir 13 - Clinton 14 - Lafayette 15 - Tazewell 17- Rutledge 18 - Morristown 19 - Newport 20 - Jefferson City 21 - Greenville 22 - Rogersville 24 - Johnson City 25 - Erwin 26 - Kingsport 27 - Kingsport 27 - St. Paul, Va 28 - Elkorn City, Ky 29 - Jenkins May 1 - Pikeville, Ky 2 - Wayland 3 - Prestonburg 4 - Paintsville 5 - Louisa 6 - Catlettsburg 8 - Logan, WVa 9 - Hurricane 10 - Danville 11 - Eskdale 12 - Lester 13 - Tams 15 - Oak Hill 16 - Mt. Hope 17 - Beckley 18 - Hinton 19 - Alderson 20 - Marlinton 22 - Durbin 23 - Parsons 24 - Huttonsville 25 - Bellington 26 - Sutton 27 - Richwood 29 - Weston 30 - Shinnston 31 - Smithfield June 1 - New Martinsville,WVa 2 - Sisterville 3 - Barnesville, OH 5 - Cambridge 6 - New Comerstown 7 - Cadiz 8 - Toronto 9 - Salineville 10 - Niles 12 - Chardon 13 - Kent 14 - Chagrin Falls 15 - Carrollton 16 - Wellington 17 - Port Clinton 19 - MOrenci, Mich 20 - Tecumseh 21 - Ypsilanti 22 - Wyandotte 23 - Rochester 24 - Romeo 26 - Mt. Clemens 27 - Richmond 28 - Capac 29 - Cass City 30 - Pigeon July 1 - Bad Axe, Mich 3 - Harbor Beach 4 - Sandusky 5 - Creswell 6 - Yale 7 - Rose City 8 - E. Tawas 10 - Harrisville 11 - Hillsman 12 - Alpena 13 - Rogers 14 - Onaway 15 - Cheboygan 17 - Gaylord 18 - Boyne City 19 - Petoskey 20 - Charlevoix 21 - Bellaire 22 - East Jordon 24 - Traverse City 25 - Homer 26 - Bucklee 27 - Manistee 28 - Ludington 29 - Evart 31 - Fremont August 1 - Shelby, Mich 2 - Grand Haven 3 - Middleville 4 - Nashville 5 - Eaton Rapids 7 - Mason 8 - Chelsea 9 - Union City 10 - Cassopolis 11 - Walkerton, Ind 12 - Wheatfield 14 - Goodland 15 - Oxford 16 - Veedersburg 17 - Brazil 18 - Clinton 19 - Montezuma |
August
21 - Liberty 22 - Oxford, OH 23 - Shelbyville, Ind 24 - Columbus 25 - Batesville 26 - Harrison, OH 28 - Hagerstown, Ind 29 - Greenville, OH 30 - Covington 31 - Union City September 1 - Versailles, OH 2 - Celina 4 - Spencerville 5 - Ottawa 6 - St. Paris 7 - Greenfield 8 - Aurora, Ind 9 - Osgood 11 - N. Vernon 12 - Brownstown 13 - Loogootee 14 - Washington 15 - Lawrenceville 16 - Graysville, Ill 18 - Morganfield 19 - Sturgis 20 - Princeton 21 - Hopkinsville 22 - Clarksville, Tenn 23 - Ashland City 25 - Lebanon 26 - Smyrna 27 - McMinnville 28 - Sparta 29 - Manchester 30 - Shelbyville October 2 - Dickson, Tenn 3 - Waverly 4 - Camden 5 - McKenzie 6 - Dresden 7 - Union City 9 - HIckman, Ky 10 - Tiptonville, Tenn 11 - Halls 12 - Obion 13 - Covington 14 - Tunica, Miss 16 - Sumner 17 - Greenwood 18 - Charleston 19 - Drew 20 - Inverness 21 - Marks 23 - Shelby 24 - Shaw 25 - Hollendale 26 - Cleveland 27 - Rosedale 28 - Colliersville 30 - Friers Point 31 - Middleton November 1 - Tuscumbia, Ala 2 - Decatur, Ala 3 - Scottsboro 4 - Stevenson 6 - Adairsville, Ga 7 - Ackworth 8 - Lithonia 9 - Monroe 10 - Madison 11 - Maxeys 13 - Crawfordville 14 - Warrenton 15 - Milledgeville 16 - Tennille 17 - Wadley 18 - Adrian 20 - Waynesboro 21 - Statesboro 22 - Metter 23 - Adrian 24 - Jeffersonville 25 - Dublin 27 - Soperton 28 - Vidalia 29 - Broxton 30 - Nashville December 1 - Doerun, Ga 2- Pelham 4 - Quitman 5 - Milltown 6 - Jasper, Fla 7 - Lake City 8 - Gaineville 9 - Ocala 11 - Leesburg 12 - Tarpon Spgs 13 - Dade City 14 - Plant City 15 - Bradentown 16 - Arcadia 18 - Ft. Meyers 19 - Wauchula 20 - Bartow 21 - Avon Park 22 - Kissimmee 23 - Sanford 25 - Orlando 26 - Deland 27 - Titusville 28 - Melborne 29 - W. Palm Beach 30 - Ft. Lauderdale 31 - Miami January 1917 1-2 - Miami 3 - Sutart 4 - New Smyra 5 - Daytona 6 - Hastings Season Ends |
Winter quarters at Macon, Ga.
Sun Bros. Circus Route 1917 (partial)
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March
29 - Macon, Ga 30 - Butler 31 - Greenville April 2 - Carrollton, Ga 3 - Cedartown 4 - Summerville 5 - Lafayette 6 - Cowan, Tenn 7 - Fayetteville 9 - Lewisburg 10 - S. Pittsburgh 11 - Dunlap 12 - Pikeville 19 - Morristown 20 - Luttrell 21 - Tazewell 23 - La Follette 24 - Harrison 25 - Oneida 26 - Burnside, Ky 27 - Nicholasville 28 - Danville 30 - Harrodsburg May 1 - Lawrenceburg, Ky 2 - Shelbyville 3 - Versailles 4 - Georgetown 5 - Williamstown 7 - Lebanon, OH 9 - Wellston 10- Logan 11 - Nelsonville 12 - Middleport 14 - Gallopolis 15 - Point Pleasant, WVa 23 - Piedmont, WVa 24 - Romney 25 - Petersburg 26 - Moorefield June 1 - Confluence, Pa 2 - W. Newton 4- Mt. Pleasant 5 - Brownsville 6 - Bentleyville 7 - Monongalela 8 - Clanton 9 - Jeanette 11 - Nantyglo 13 - Mahaffey 14 - Patton 15 - Roaring Spgs 16 - Tyrone 18 - Huntingdon 19 - Newport 20 - Tremont 21 - Lykens 22 - Minersville 23 - Freeland 25 - Tunkhannock 26 - Wyalusing 27 - Towanda 28 - Waverly, NY 29 - Susquehanna, Pa 30 - Deposit, NY July 2 - Callicoon, NY 3 - Suffern 11 - Glen Cove, NY 12 - Hempstead 13 - Riverhead 14 - Greenport 16 - Sag Harbor 17 - Southampton 18 - Patchoque LI, NY 19 - Bayshore 20 - Freeport 21 - Far Rockaway 23 - Cornwall-Hudson 25 - Saugerties 26 - Coxsackie 27 - Ft. Plain 28 - Fulton Chain 30 - Tupper Lake 31 - Saranic Lake August 8 - Watertown, NY 9 - Pulaski 10 - Walcott 11 - Sodus 13 - Belfast 14 - Olean 15 - Salamanca 16 - Sheffield, Pa 17 - W. Hickory 18 - Stoneboro |
20 - Andover, OH
21 - Jefferson 23 - Oak Harbor 24 - Delta 25 - Angola, Ind 27 - Plymouth 28 - Darlington 29 - Rockville 30 - Charleston, Ill 31 - Hillsboro September 1 - Gillispie, Ill 6 - Corning, Ark 7 - Walnut Ridge 8 - Searcy 10 - Heber Spgs 11 - Leslie 12 - Harrison 13 - Berryville 14 - Fairview, Mo 15 - Neosha 17 - Siloam Spgs, Ark 18 - Stillwell, Okla 19 - Heavener 20 - Waldron 21 - Poteau ? 22 - Paris 24 - Charleston October 17 - Moorhead, Miss 18 - Ruleville 19 - Marsh 20 - Minster City 22 - Charleston 24 - Shelby 25 - Cleveland 26 - Shaw 27 - Rolling Fork 29 - Rosedale 30 - Tunica 31 - Herando November 1 - Covington, Tenn 2 - Ripley 3 - Hickman, Ky 5 - Tiptonville, Tenn 6 - Obion 7 - Greenville 8 - Red Bag, Ala 9 - Haleyville 10 - Jasper 12 - Vincent 13 - Lineville 14 - Manchester, Ga 15 - Thomaston 16 - Pinehurst 17 - Jeffersonville 19 - Soperton 20 - Vidalia 21 - Summitt 22 - Swainesboro 23 - Midville 24 - Saundersville 26 - Dexter 28 - Ocilla 29 - Broxton 30 - Willicoochee December 1 - Adel, Ga 3 - Greenville, Fla 7 - Doe Run, Ga 8 - Boston 10 - Valdosta 11 - Jasper, Fla 12 - Lake City 13 - Lake Butler 14 - Gainesville 15 - Palatka 26 - W. Palm Beach, Fla 27 - Melborne 28 - Daytona 29 - Hastings |
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Sun Bros. Circus Route 1918 (partial)
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April
9-10 - Macon, Ga 11 - Monticello 12 - Covington 13 - Milledgeville 14 - Forsyth 24 - Lewisburg, Tenn 25 - Columbia 26 - Petersburg 27 - Winchester 29 - Sparta 30 - McMinnsville May 2 - Murfreesboro, Tenn 3 - Lebanon 4 - Dickson 6 - Camden 7 - Murray, Ky 8 - Benton 9 - Paris, Tenn 10 - Erin 11 - Springfield 13 - Hartsville 14 - Scottsville, Ky 15 - Gallatin, Tenn 16 - Franklin 17 - Glasgow Ky 18 - Mumfordville 20 - Elizabethtown 21 - Bardstown 22 - Lebanon 23 - Greensburg 24 - Lancaster 25 - Richwood 27 - Jackson 28 - Fleming 29 - Hazard 30 - Beattyville 31 - Irvine June 1 - Winchester, Ky 3 - Carlisle 4 - Maysville 5 - Flemingsburg 6 - Cynthiana 7 - Falmouth 8 - Carrollton 10 - Wilmington 11 - Circleville, OH 12 - Bremen 13 - Crooksville 14 - Carrolton 15 - Mingo Jct 17 - Toronto 18 - Wellsburg, WVa 19 - Cannonsburg, Pa 20 - Washington 21 - Carnegie 22 - Sewickley 24 - E. Palestine, OH 26 - Loudonville 27 - Bloomville 28 - Gibonsburg 29 - Port Clinton July 1 - Wyandotte, Mich. 2 - Howell 3 - Grand Ledge 4 - Greenville 5 - Lowell 6 - Fremont ? 8 - Evart 9 - Midland ? 10 - E. Tawas 11 - Alpena 12 - Hillman 13 - Rogers |
July
15 - Onaway 17 - Grayling 18 - West Branch 19 - Standish 20 - Gladwin 22 - Caro 24 - Mt. Pleasant 25 - Clare 26 - Cadillac 27 - Frankfort 29 - Kewannee, Wisc 31 - Algoma August 1 - Seymour, Wisc 2 - Iola 3 - New London 5 - Clintonville 6 - Crandon 7 - Eagle River 8 - Wittenberg 9 - Edgar 10 - Tomah 12 - Rushford, Minn 13 - Creston 14 - Kenyon 15 - Hutchinson 16 - Renville 17 - Ortinville 21 - Howard, SD 22 - Alexandria 23 - Armour 24 - Scotland 26 - Geddes 27 - Freeman 28 - Rock Valley, Ia 29 - Dell Rapids, SD 30 - Fulda, Minn 31 - Sherburn September 2 - Wells, Minn 3 - Leroy, Ia 4 - Monona 5 - Fayette 6 - Monticello 7 - Williamsburg 9 - Morning Sun 10 - Keithsburg, Ill 11 - Farmington 12 - Beardstown 13 - Taylorsville 14 - Flora 16 - Bridgeport 17 - Bicknell, Ind 18 - Spencer 19 - Marinsville 20 - Edinburg 21 - Scottsburg 23 - Taylorsville, Ky 26 - London 27 - Barbourville 28 - Manchester 30 - Harlan October 1 - Middlesboro, Ky 2 - Williamsburg 3 - LaFollette, Tenn 4 - Madisonville 5 - Tellico Plains 7 - Chatsworth, Ga 8 - Etowah, Tenn 14-19 - Atlanta, Ga Season ends |
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