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Cole Bros. Circus Route 1945-47, 1949
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Routes courtesy of Bob Cline.
Cole Bros. Circus Route 1945
Information on starred (*) items at end of route. There will be typographical errors.|
April
19-22 - Louisville, KY 23 - Owensboro 24 - Evansville, IN 25 - Decatur, IL 26 - Springfield 27 - Peoria 28 - Champaign 29 - Danville 30 - Lafayette, IN May 1 - Fort Wayne, IN 2 - Muncie 3-6 - Indianapolis 7 - Kokomo 8 - Marion 9 - Anderson 10 - Hamilton, OH 11-13 - Cincinnati 14 - Lexington, KY 15 - Covington 16 - Middletown, OH 17 - Richmond, IN 18 - Springfield, OH 19-20 - Columbus 21 - Zanesville 22 - Athens 23 - Parkersburg, WV 24 - Washington, PA 25 - Butler 26 - New Castle 27 - Dover, OH 28 - Greensburg, PA 29 - Indiana 30 - Johnstown 31 - Punxsutawney June 1 - Altoona, PA 2 - Lock Haven 4 - Williamsport 5 - York 6 - Lancaster 7 - Chester 8 - Pottstown 9 - Pottsville 11 - Willkes-Barre 12 - Scranton 13 - Binghamton, NY 14 - Ellmira 15 - North Tonawanda 16 - Niagara Falls 18 - Erie, PA 19 - Jamestown, NY 20 - Meadville, PA 21 - Warren, OH 22-23 - Akron 25 - Ashland 26 - Mansfield 27 - Marion 28 - Fostoria 29 - Findlay 30 - Lima |
July
1 - Adrian, MI 2 - Albion 3 - Jackson 4 - Pontiac 5 - Port Huron 6 - Flint 7 - Bay City 8 - Owasso 9 - Grand Rapids 10 - Muskegon 11 - Kalamazoo 12 - Battle Creek 13-14 - South Bend, IN 15 - Michigan City 16 - Joliet, IL 17 - Elgin 18 - Rockford 19 - Janesville, WI 20 - Madison 21 - Portage 22 - LaCrosse 23 - Rochester, MN 24 - Mankato 25 - Wilmar* 26 - St. Cloud 27 - Brainerd 28 - Fergus Falls 29 - Moorehead 30 - Grand Forks, SD 31 - Bemidji, MN August 1 - Hibbing, MN 2 - Virginia 3-4 - Duluth 5 - Superior, WI 6-7 - EauClaire 8 - Marshfield 9 - Green Bay 10 - Oshkosh 11 - Fond du Lac 12 - Sheboygan 13 - Racine 14 - Beloit 15 - Rock Island, IL 16-17 - Davenport, IA 18 - Muscatine 20 - Mason City 21 - Austin, MN 22 - Faribault 23 - Waterloo, IA 24 - Marshalltown 25 - Ames 27-28 - Des Moines 29 - Oskaloosa 30 - Ottumwa 31 - Creston |
September
1 - Falls City, NE 2 - Leavenworth, KS 3 - St. Joseph, MO 4 - Lawrence, KS 5 - Manhattan 6 - Salina 7 - Abilene 8 - Hutchinson 9 - Eldorado* 10 - Iola 11 - Fort Scott 12 - Parsons 13 - Joplin, MO 14 - Springfield 15 - Vinita, OK 16-18 - Tulsa 19 - Chickasha 20 - Seminole 21 - Shawnee 22 - Clinton 24 - Amarillo, TX 25 - Clovis, NM 26 - Lubbock, TX 27 - Sweetwater 28 - Big Spring 29 - Midland October 1 - San Angelo, TX 2 - Brownwood 3 - Temple 4 - Waco 5 - Austin 6-7 - San Antonio 8 - Alice 9 - McAllen 10 - Harlingen 11 - Corpus Christi 12 - Victoria 13-14 - Galveston 15 - Lufkin 16 - Tyler 17 - Greenville 18 - Terrell 19 - Jacksonville 20 - Marshall 22 - Monroe, LA 23 - Vicksburg, MS 24 - Natchez 25 - Broadhave 26 - Hattiesburg 27 - Laurel 29 - Jackson 30 - Greenwood 31 - Greenville November 1 - Clarksdale Season ends |
Winter quarters Louisville, Kentucky (State Fair grounds). Home run to Louisville, Kentucky, 469 miles. Total miles traveled, 12,884. Horace Laird, mail man.
Cole Bros. Circus Route 1946
Information on starred (*) items at end of route. There will be typographical errors.|
April
18-21 - Louisville, KY 22 - Owensboro 23 - Evansville, IN 24 - Terre Haute 25 - Decatur, IL 26 - Springfield 27 - Peoria 28 - Champaign 29 - Bloomington 30 - Danville May 1 - Lafayette, IN 2-5 - Indianapolis 6 - Kokomo 7 - Fort Wayne 8 - Marion 9 - Anderson 10 - Hamilton, OH 11-12 - Cincinnati 13 - Lexington, KY 17-19 - New Albany, IN 20 - Princeton 21 - Bellville, IL 22 - Alton 23 - Hannibal, MO 24 - Moberly 25 - Sedalia 27-29 - Kansas City 30 - Emporia, KS 31 - Wichita June 1 - Wichita, KS 3 - Hutchinson 4 - Selina 5 - Topeka 6 - St. Joseph, MO 7-8 - Lincoln, NE* 9 - Omaha 10 - Atlantic, IA 11-12 - Des Moines 13 - Mason City 14 - Albert Lea, MN 15 - Waterloo, IA 17 - Rockford, IL 18 - Elgin 19 - Joliet 20 - Michigan City, IN 21-22 - South Bend 23 - Jackson, MI 24 - Battle Creek 25 - Kalamazoo 26 - Muskegon 27 - Grand Rapids 28 - Flint 29 - Bay City 30 - Owosso |
July
1 - Port Huron, MI 2 - Pontiac 3 - Adrian 4 - Coldwater 5 - Elkart, IN 6 - Kankakee, IL 7 - Streator 8 - Galesburg 9 - Rock Island 10 - Cedar Rapids, IA 11 - Marshalltown 12 - Ames 13 - Carroll 15 - Sioux City 16 - Norfolk, NE 17 - Grand Island 18 - Hastings 19 - Holdrege 20 - McCook 21 - Enroute 22-24 - Denver, CO 25 - Pueblo 26 - La Junta 27 - Colorado Springs 28 - Longmont 29 - Ft. Collins 30 - Greeley 31 - Cheyenne August 1 - Laramie, WY 2 - Rawlings 3 - Rock Springs 4 - Enroute 5 - Salt Lake City, UT 6 - Ogden 7 - Pocatello, ID 8 - Idaho Falls 9 - Burley 10 - Twin Falls 11 - Jerome* 12 - Boise 13 - Nampa 14 - Ontarie 15 - Baker, OR 16 - La Grande 17 - Walla Walla, WA 18 - Kennewick 19-20 - Spokane 21 - Wenatchee 22 - Everette 23 - Bellingham 24-26 - Seattle 27-28 - Tacoma 29 - Olympia 30 - Longview 31 - Portland, OR |
September
1-3 - Portland, OR 4 - Corvallis 5 - Eugene 6 - Roseburg 7 - Medford 8 - Enroute 9 - Redding, CA 10 - Chico 11 - Sacramento 12 - Stockton 13-15 - Oakland 16 - San Jose 17 - San Mateo 18 - Redwood City 19 - Palo Alto 20 - Santa Cruz 21 - Salinas 22 - San Luis Obispo 23 - Santa Barbara 24 - Oxnard 25 - Santa Paula 26 - N. Hollywood 27-30 - Los Angeles October 1-6 - Los Angeles, CA 7-8 - Long Beach 9 - Santa Ana 10 - Pasadena 11 - Pomona 12 - San Bernardino 13 - Enroute 14-15 - Phoenix, AZ 16 - Tucson 17 - Douglas 18-19 - El Paso, TX 20 - Enroute 21 - Carlsbad, NM 22 - Roswell 23 - Clovis 24 - Amarillo, TX 25 - Lubbock 26 - Sweetwater 28 - Abilene 29 - San Angelo 30 - Brownwood 31 - Temple November 1 - Austin, TX 2-3 - San Antonio 4-5 - Corpus Christi 6 - Victoria 7 - Bay City* 8 - Beaumont 9 - Nacogdoches 10 - Enroute 11 - Shreveport, LA 12 - Texarkana, AR 13 - Hot Springs 14 - Little Rock Season ends |
Cole Bros. Circus Route 1947
Information on starred (*) items at end of route. There will be typographical errors.|
April
17-20 - Louisville, KY 21 - Owensboro 22 - Evansville, IN 23 - Terre Haute 24 - Decatur, IL 25 - Springfield 26-27 - Peoria 28 - Bloomington 29 - Champaign 30 - Danville May 1 - Lafayette, IN 2-4 - Indianapolis 5 - Kokomo 6 - Marion 7 - Ft. Wayne 8 - Richmond 9 - Anderson 10 - Muncie 11 - Portland 12-13 - Dayton, OH 14 - Springfield 15 - Middletown 16 - Hamilton 17-18 - Cincinnati 19 - Lexington, KY 20 - Ashland 21 - Huntington, WV 22 - Parkersburg 23 - Zanesville, OH 24-25 - Columbus 26 - Marion 27 - LIma 28 - Mansfield 29 - Wooster 30 - Canton 31 - Akron June 1 - Akron, OH 2 - Youngstown 3 - Butler, PA 4 - Greensburg 5 - Untiontown 6 - Johnstown 7 - Altoona 9 - Williamsport 10 - Elmira, NY 11 - Scranton, PA 12 - Binghamton, NY 13 - Hornell 14 - Jamestown 16 - Erie, PA 17 - Astabula, OH 18 - Elyria 19 - Sandusky |
June
20-21 - Toledo, OH 22 - Mt. Clemens, MI 23 - Port Huron 24 - Saginaw 25 - Bay City 26 - Flint 27 - Pontiac 28 - Lansing 29 - Jackson 30 - Grand Rapids July 1 - Muskegon, MI 2 - Kalamozoo 3 - Battle Creek 4-5 - South Bend 7 - Racine, WI 8 - Manitowoc 9 - Green Bay 10 - Fond du Lac 11 - Madison 12-13 - Rockford, IL 14-15 - Davenport, IA 16 - Cedar Rapids 17 - Waterloo 18-19 - Des Moines 21-23 - Kansas City, MO 24 - Topeka, KS 25 - St. Joseph, MO 26 - Lincoln, NE 27-28 - Council Bluffs, IA 29 - Sioux City 30 - Norfolk, NE 31 - Grand Island August 1 - North Platte, NE 2 - Sterling, CO 4-6 - Denver 7 - Colorado Springs 8 - Pueblo 9 - La Junta 10 - Garden City, KS 11 - Dodge City 12 - Pratt 13 - McPherson 14 - Hutchinson 15 - Wichita 16 - Enid, OK 17 - Ponca City 18-19 - Oklahoma City 20 - Clinton 21 - Altus 22 - Lawton 23 - Chickasha 25 - Shawnee 26 - McAlester 27 - Denison, TX 28 - Paris 29 - Texarkana 30 - Natchitoches, LA |
September
1 - Alexandria, LA 2 - Lake Charles 3 - Crowley 4 - Lafayette 5 - Opelousas 6-8 - New Orleans 9 - Gulfport 10 - Mobile 11 - Defuniak Springs, FL* 12 - Marianna 13 - Tallahassee 15-16 - Jacksonville 17 - Waycross, GA 18 - Savannah 19-20 - Charleston, SC 22 - Augusta, GA 23 - Columbia, SC 24 - Charlotte, NC 25 - Gastonia 26 - High Point 27 - Durham 29 - Asheville 30 - Hickory October 1 - Statesville, NC 2 - Salisbury 3 - Burlington 4 - Raleigh 6 - Wilson 7 - Wilmington 8 - Newbern 9 - Kinston 10 - Williamston 11 - Greenville 13-14 - Norfolk, VA 15 - Elizabeth City, NC 16 - Portsmouth, VA 17 - Tarboro, NC 21 - Danville, VA 22 - Lynchburg 23 - Roanoke 24 - Bluefield 25 - Pulaski 27 - Bristol, TN - VA 28 - Johnson City, TN Season ends |
Total miles traveled, 12,092. General offices and winter quarters, State Fair Grounds, Louisville, Kentucky. Horace Laird, mail agent.
Cole Bros. Circus Route 1949
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April
14-17 - Louisville, Ky. 18 - Owensboro, Ky. 19 - Evansville, Ind. 20 - Terre Haute, Ind. 21 - Decatur, Ill. 22 - Springfield, Ill. 23-24 - Peoria, Ill. 25 - Hoopston, Ill. 26 - Lafayette, Ind. 27 - Kokomo, Ind. 28 - Muncie, Ind. 29 - May 1 - Indianapolis, Ind. May 2 - Columbus, Ind. 3 - Jeffersonville, Ind. 4-5 - Lexington, Ky. 6 - Covington, Ky. 7-8 - Cincinnati, Ohio 9 - Middletown, Ohio 10 - Richmond, Ind. 11 - Fort Wayne, Ind. 12 - Lima, Ohio 13 - Dayton, Ohio 14 - Springfield, Ohio 15 - Columbus, Ohio 16 - Zanesville, Ohio 17 - Newark, Ohio 18 - Marion, Ohio 19 - Tiffin, Ohio 20 - Mansfield, Ohio 21-22 - Akron, Ohio 23 - Warren, Ohio 24 - Youngstown, Ohio 25 - Canton, Ohio 26 - Wheeling, W. Va. Wheeling - lot at Bridgeport, Ohio 27 - New Castle, Pa. 28 - Latrobe, Pa. 29 - Sunday 30 - Harrisburg, Pa. 31 - Sundbury, Pa. June 1 - Lewistown, Pa. 2 - Huntingdon, Pa. 3 - Johnstown, Pa. 4 - Clearfield, Pa. 5 - Sunday 6 - Elmira, N.Y. 7 - Cortland, N.Y. 8 - Norwich, N.Y. 9 - Utica, N.Y. 10 - Geneva, N.Y. 11 - Auburn, N.Y. 12 - Sunday 13 - Albany, N.Y. 14 - Glen Falls, N.Y. 15 - Gloversville, N.Y. 16 - Oneida, N.Y. 17 - Watertown, N.Y. 18 - Oswego, N.Y. 19 - Sunday 20 - Niagara Falls, N.Y. 21 - Dunkirk, N.Y. 22 - Erie, Pa. 23 - Ashtabula, Ohio 24 - Lorain, Ohio 25 - Sandusky, Ohio 26 - Sunday 27 - South Bend, Ind. 28 - Kankakee, Ill. 29 - Streator, Ill. 30 - Aurora, Ill. July 1 - Rockford, Ill. 2 - Clinton, Iowa 3 - Rock Island, Ill. 4 - Centerville, Iowa 5 - Ottumwa, Iowa 6 - Keokuk, Iowa 7 - Burlington, Iowa 8 - Iowa City, Iowa 9 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 10 - Sunday 11 - Austin, Minn. 12 - Rochester, Minn. 13 - Mankato, Minn. 14 - Maston City, Iowa 15-16 - Des Moines, Iowa |
July
17 - Council Bluffs, Iowa 18 - St. Joseph, Mo. 19-20 - Kansas City, Mo. 21 - Topeka, Kan. 22 - Beatrice, Neb. 23 - Lincoln, Neb. 24 - Norfolk, Neb. 25 - Sioux City, Iowa 26 - Fremont, Neb. 27 - Columbus, Neb. 28 - Grand Island, Neb. 29 - Kearney, Neb. 30 - North Platte, Neb. 31 - Sunday August 1-3 - Denver, Colo. 4 - Colorado Springs, Colo. 5 - Canon City, Colo. (afternoon only) 6 - Grand Junction, Colo. 7 - Sunday 8-9 - Salt Lake City, Utah 10 - Pocatello, Idaho 11 - Dillon, Mont. 12 - Butte, Mont. 13 - Missoula, Mont. (afternoon only) 14-15 - Spokane, Wash. 16 - Wenatchee, Wash. 17 - Everett, Wash. 18 - Bellingham, Wash. 19-21 - Seattle, Wash. 22 - Tacoma, Wash. 23 - Aberdeen, Wash. (Aberdeen, lot at Hoquiam, Wash.) 24 - Olympia, Wash. 25 - Longview, Wash. (Longview, lot at Kelso, Wash.) 26-28 - Portland, Ore. 29 - The Dalles, Ore. 30 - Kennewick, Wash. 31 - Lewiston, Idaho September 1 - Moscow, Idaho 2 - Coeur d'Alean, Idaho 3 - Sand Point, Idaho (afternoon only) 4 - Kalispell, Mont. 5 - Cut Bank, Mont. 6 - Havre, Mont. 7 - Great Falls, Mont. 8 - Helena, Mont. 9 - Bozeman, Mont. 10 - Livingston, Mont. 11 - Billings, Mont. 12 - Sheridan, Wyo. 13 - Crawford, Neb. (afternoon only) 14 - Alliance, Neb. 15 - Scotts Bluff, Neb. 16 - Sterling, Colo. 17 - Fort Morgan, Colo. 18 - Greeley, Colo. 19 - Fort Collins, Colo. 20 - Pueblo, Colo. 21 - La Junta, Colo. 22 - Garden City, Kan. 23 - Dodge City, Kan. 24 - Liberal, Kan. 25 - Pratt, Kan. 26 - McPherson, Kan. 27 - Manhattan, Kan. 28 - Lawrence, Kan. 29 - Ottawa, Kan. 30 - Chanute, Kan. October 1 - Pittsburg, Kan. 2 - Sunday 3 - Jonesboro, Ark. 4 - Holly Springs, Miss. 5 - Amory, Miss. 6 - Jasper, Ala. 7-8 - Montgomery, Ala. 9 - Sunday 10 - Palatka, Fla. 11 - Orlando, Fla. 12 - West Palm Beach, Fla. 13-16 - Miami, Fla. End of season |
Winter quarters, Miami, Florida. Due to adverse business conditions, all stands after Pittsburg, Kansas, including stands in Missouri, Oklahoma and Louisiana, were cancelled and the show headed home in a hurry, as can be seen from the route after October 1st. It was originally intended to keep the show out until the middle of November. Last route card issued was No. 20, with Pittsburg, Kansas as the last stand. To that date, October 1st, mileage was 13,106 miles.
Number of cities played, 153; states visited, 23; state capitols played, 14. Shortest haul, 12 miles, Covington, KY to Cincinnati, OH. Longest haul, 450 miles (approximate), Montgomery, AL to Palatka, FL.
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