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Cole Bros. Circus Routes
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Routes courtesy of Pfening collection.
Cole Bros. Circus, 1929 (partial)
King Bros., owners; Floyd King, manager, L. C. Gillette, general agent.|
April
17 - Princeton, Kentucky 24 - Huntingburg, Indiana 25 - Mt. Carmel, Illinois 26 - Harrisburg, Illinois 27 - Carmi, Illinois 29 - Mt. Vernon, Illinois 30 - Benton, Illinois May 23 - Harvey, Illinois June 7 - Green Bay, Wisconsin 26 - Virginia, Minnesota July 4 - Leeds, North Dakota |
Cole Bros. Circus Route 1930 (partial)
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March
29 - Uvalde, Texas 31 - Eagle Pass, Texas April 1 - Del Rio, Texas 2 - Sanderson, Texas 3 - Alpine, Texas 4 - Sierra Blanca, Texas 5 - Las Cruces, New Mexico 7 - Silver City, New Mexico 8 - Ceming, New Mexico 9 - Clifton, Arizona 10 - Lordsburg, New Mexico 11 - Douglas, Arizona 12 - Bisbee, Arizona 13 - Nogales, Arizona 14 - Tucson, Arizona 15 - Ray, Arizona 16 - Mesa, Arizona 17 - Phoenix, Arizona 18 - Ajo, Arizona 19 - Yuma, Arizona 24 - Santa Paula, California 25 - Ventura, California 26 - Santa Barbara, California 27 - Santa Maria, California 28 - San Luis Obispo, California 29 - Paso Robles, California 30 - Salinas, California May 1 - Watsonville, California 2 - Hollister, California 7 - Oroville, California 8 - Maryville, California 9 - Woodland, California 10 - Colusa, California 11 - Willows, California 14 - Dunsmuir, California 15 - Ashland, Oregon 16 - Grants Pass, Oregon 17 - Cottage Grove, Oregon 19 - Albany, Oregon 21 - Tillamook, Oregon 22 - Hillsboro, Oregon 23 - The Dales, Oregon 24 - Hood River, Oregon 26 - Astoria, Oregon June 11 - Weiser, Idaho 12 - Nampa, Idaho 13 - Mountain Home, Idaho 14 - Boise, Idaho 15 - Shoshone, Idaho 16 - Twin Falls, Idaho 18 - Pocatello, Idaho 19 - Ogden, Utah 20 - Salt Lake City, Utah 21 - Provo, Utah 22 - Price, Utah 23 - Grand Junction, Colorado 24 - Montrose, Colorado 25 - Delta, Colorado July 19 - Independence, Missouri August 6 - Marion 7 - Central City (lost) 11 - Scottsville Season closed |
Bad business, poor business conditions caused failure. Shipped to Nashville, Tennessee. Chicago, August 30, reported that Bert Rutherford and H. C. Ingraham purchased the Cole show and will ship it to Peoria, Illinois.
Cole Bros. Circus Route 1938
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April
April 15-May 1 - Chicago Stadium (indoors) May 2-Rochester, Ind. (under canvas) 3-South Bend, Ind. 4-Fort Wayne, Ind. 5-Muncie, Ind. 6-Connersville, Ind. 7-Indianapolis, Ind. 8-Indianapolis, Ind. (Indianapolis, billed but not permitted to show on Sunday) 9-Lafayette, Ind. 10-Terre Haute, Ind. 11-Anderson, Ind. 12-Richmond, Ind. 13-Hamilton, Ohio 14-Cincinnati, Ohio 15-Cincinnati, Ohio 16-Dayton, Ohio 17-Springfield, Ohio 18-Columbus, Ohio 19-Canton, Ohio 20-Butler, Pa. 21-Erie, Pa. 22-Sunday 23-Buffalo, N.Y. 24-Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 25-Kitchner, Ontario, Canada 26-London, Ontario, Canada 27-St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada 28-Brantford, Ontario, Canada 29-Sunday 30-Toronto, Ontario, Canada 31-Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 1-Orilla, Ontario, Canada 2-Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 3-North Bay, Ontario, Canada 4-Pembroke, Ontario, Canada 5-Sunday 6-Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 7-Peterboro, Ontario, Canada 8-Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada 9-Woodstock, Ontario, Canada 10-Coburg, Ontario, Canada 11-Brockville, Ontario, Canada 12-Sunday 13-Montreal, Quebec, Canada 14-Montreal, Quebec, Canada 15-Trois Rivere, Quebec, Canada 16-Joliette, Quebec, Canada 17-Granby, Quebec, Canada 18-St. Hyacinth, Quebec, Canada 19-Sunday |
June 20-Drummondville, Quebec, Canada 21-Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 22-Berlin, N.H. (USA) 23-Lewiston, Me. 24-Bangor, Me. 25-Augusta, Me. 26-Sunday 27-Concord, N.H. 28-Newburyport, Mass. 29-Gloucester, Mass. 30-Lynn, Mass. July 1-Salem, Mass. 2-Fitchburg, Mass. 3-Sunday 4-New Bedford, Mass. 5-Brockton, Mass. 6-Plymouth, Mass. 7-Fall River, Mass. 8-Newport, R.I. 9-Quincy, Mass. 10-Sunday 11-Providence, R.I. 12-New London, Conn. 13-New Haven, Conn. 14-Hartford, Conn. 15-Springfield, Mass. 16-Pittsfield, Mass. 17-Sunday 18-Albany, N.Y. 19-Oneonta, N.Y. 20-Wilkes Barre, Pa. 21-Williamsport, Pa. 22-Altoona, Pa. 23-Uniontown, Pa. 24-Sunday 25-Charleston, W.Va. 26-Huntington, W.Va. 27-Ashland, Ky. 28-Lexington, Ky. 29-Louisville, Ky. 30-Owensboro, Ky. 31-Sunday August 1-Evansville, Ind. 2-Mattoon, Ill. 3-Bloomington, Ill. 4 - Enroute to Rochester, Ind. 5 - Arrived Rochester, Ind. |
Show closed at Bloomington, Illinois due to poor business and moved directly to Rochester, Ind. winter quarters. A bad season for all circuses, nearly all closed early.
Owners Jess H. Adkins, manager and Zack Terrell, asst. manager. Lew Delmore, sideshow manager; Ray Dean, equestrian director; Jake D. Newman, general agent; Clyde Willard, advance car manager; Victor Robbins, musical director.
Cole Bros. Circus Route 1939
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May
1-Rochester, Indiana 2-Marion, Indiana 3-Ft. Wayne, Indiana 4-Lafayette, Indiana 5-Danville, Illinois 6-Terre Haute, Indiana 7-Sunday 8-Indianapolis, Indiana 9-Indianapolis, Indiana 10-Muncie, Indiana 11-Richmond, Indiana 12-Dayton, Ohio 13-Springfield, Ohio 14-Cincinnati, Ohio 15-Cincinnati, Ohio 16-Middletown, Ohio 17-Lima, Ohio 18-Toledo, Ohio 19-Mansfield, Ohio 20-Columbus, Ohio 21-Sunday 22-Stubenville, Ohio 23-Canton, Ohio 24-Warren, Ohio 25-Meadville, Pennsylvania 26-Jamestown, New York 27-Niagara Falls, New York 28-Sunday 29-Buffalo, New York 30-Buffalo, New York 31-Olean, New York June 1-Corning, New York 2-Ithaca, New York 3-Cortland, New York 4-Sunday 5-Scranton, Pennsylvania 6-Wilkes-Bane, Pennsylvania 7-Pottsviile, Pennsylvania 8-Pottstown, Pennsylvania 9-Lancaster, Pennsylvania 10-Sunbury, Pennsylvania 11-Sunday 12-Williamsport, Pennsylvania 13-Altoona, Pennsylvania 14-Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15-McKeesport, Pennsylvania 16-Butler, Pennsylvania 17-Erie, Pennsylvania 18-Sunday 19-St. Catherines, Ont., Canada 20-St. Thomas, Ont., Canada 21-Windsor, Ont. Canada 22-Chatham, Ont., Canada 23-Sania, Ont., Canada 24-Stratford, Ont., Canada 25-Sunday 26-Owen Sound, Ont., Canada 27-Kitchner, Ont., Canada 28-Brantford, Ont., Canada 29-Belleville, Ont., Canada 30-Kingston, Ont., Canada July 1-Penbroke, Ont., Canada 2-Sunday 3-Timmins, Ont., Canada 4-Rouyn, Que., Canada 5-Val D' Or, Que., Canada 6-Kirkland Lake, Ont., Canada 7-Haileybury, Ont,, Canada 8-North Bay, Ont., Canada 9-Sunday 10-Sudbury, Ont., Canada 11-Saute St. Marie, Ont., Canada |
July
12-Newberry, Michigan 13-Marquette, Michigan 14-Isppening, Michigan 15-Escanaba, Michigan 16-Iron Mountain, Michigan 17-Ironwood, Michigan 18-Rhinelander, Wisconsin 19-Wausau, Wisconsin 20-Green Bay, Wisconsin 21-Manitowoc, Wisconsin 22-Appleton, Wisconsin 23-Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 24-Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 25-Marshfield, Wisconsin 26-Eau Claire, Wisconsin 27-LaCrosse, Wisconsin 28-Rochester, Minnesota 29-Mankato, Minnesota 30-Marshall, Minnesota 31-Watertown, South Dakota August 1-Aberdeen, South Dakota 2-Jamestown, North Dakota 3-Fargo, North Dakota 4-Fergus Falls, Minnesota 5-St. Cloud, Minnesota 6-Pipestone, Minnesota 7-Sioux Falls, South Dakota 8-Mitchell, South Dakota 9-Yankton, South Dakota 10-Sioux City, Iowa 11-Cherokee, Iowa 12-Ft. Dodge, Iowa 13-Iowa Falls, Iowa 14-Waterloo, Iowa 15-Oelwein, Iowa 16-Marshalltown, Iowa 17-Oskaloosa, Iowa 18-Washington, Iowa 19-Rock Island, Iowa 20-Peoria, Illinois 21-Bloomington, Illinois 22-Joliet, Illinois 23-Gary, Indiana 24-Benton Harbor, Michigan 25-Muskegon, Michigan 26-Grand Rapids, Michigan 27-Sunday 28-Lansing, Michigan 29-Saginaw, Michigan 30-Bay City, Michigan 31-Flint, Michigan September 1-Battle Creek, Michigan 2-Kalamazoo, Michigan 3-Sunday 4-South Bend, Indiana 5-Logansport, Indiana 6-Anderson, Indiana 7-New Castle, Indiana 8-Piqua, Ohio 9-Hamilton, Ohio 10-Cincinnati, Ohio 11-Norwood, Ohio 12-Portsmouth, Ohio 13-Williamson, West Virginia 14-Gary, West Virginia 15-Bluefield, West Virginia 16-Wytheville, Virginia 17-Sunday 18-Bristol, Virginia 19-Johnson City, Tennessee 20-Greenville, Tennessee (show closed here) |
The show closed suddenly at Greenville, Tenn. and abandoned the following route which was contracted and billed: Sept. 21, Ashville, N.C.; Sept. 22, Hickory, N.C.; Sept. 23, Shelby, N.C.; Sept. 25, Charlotte, N.C.; Sept. 26, Greensboro, N.C.; Sept. 27, Raleigh, N.C.; Sept. 28, Fayetteville, N.C.; Sept. 29, Wilmington, N.C.; and Sept. 30, New Bern, N.C.
Sudden closing due to the suspension of tobacco market buying by foreign buyers and due to the general uneasiness created by the war in Europe.
Total mileage, 9,831; total performances, 262; towns visited, 128; states, 15. Mortgage paid off on Labor Day at South Bend, Indiana.
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