Circus Historical Society
Downie Bros. Circus Routes 1926-1929
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Routes courtesy of John Polacsek.
Downie Bros. Circus Route 1926 (partial)
Information on starred items (*) are at end of route. There will be typographical errors.|
April
24 - Harve de Grace, MD 26 - Elkton 27 - Oxford, PA 28 - Bel Air, MD 29 - Red Lion, PA 30 - Stewardstown May 1 - Cockeysville, MD 3 - Reistertown 4 - Emmettsburg, PA 5 - Waynesboro 6 - Mercersburg 7 - McConnellsburg 8 - Bedford 10 - Keyser, WV 11 - Frostburg 12 - Meyersdale, PA 13 - Berlin 14 - Boswell 15 - Ebensburg 17 - Hollidaysburg 18 - Huntingdon 19 - Burnham 20 - Middlebury 21 - Selinsgrove 22 - Millersburg 24 - Tower City 25 - Tremont 26 - St. Clair 27 - Frackville 28 - New Philadelphia 29 - McAdoo 31 - Freeland June 1 - Weatherly, PA 2 - Nescopeck 3 - Shickshinny 4 - Olyphant 7 - Carbondale 8 - Hawley 9 - Honesdale 10 - Callicoon, NY 11 - Liberty 12 - Roscoe 14 - Hancock 15 - Deposit 16 - Susquehanna, PA 17 - Montrose 18 - Wyalusing 19 - Dushore 21 - Towanda 22 - Canton 23 - Troy 24 - Mansfield 25 - Printed Post, NY 26 - Watkins Glen 28 - Hammondsport 29 - Bath 30 - Dansville |
July
1 - Perry, NY 2 - Warsaw 3 - Attica 5 - Medina 12 - Avon, NY 13 - Palmyra 14 - Sodus 15 - Wolcott 16 - Baldwinsville 17 - Pulaski 19 - Adams 20 - Lowville 21 - Antwerp 22 - Alexandria Bay 23- Gouverneur 24 - Canton 26 - Madrid 27 - Norwood 28- Moira 29 - St. Regis Falls 30 - Bloomingdale 31 - Au Sable Port August 2 - Reesville, NY 3 - Westport 4 - Port Henry 5 - Ticonderoga 6 - Schroon Lake 7 - Chestertown 9 - Lake George 10 - Hudson Falls 11 - Granville 12 - Schuylerville 13 - Ballston Spa 14 - Altamont 16 - Middleburg 17 - Cobleskill 18 - Cherry Valley 19 - Cooperstown 20 - Richfield Springs 21 - New Berlin 23 - Sidney 24 - Walton 25 - Delhi 26 - Margaretville 27 - Stamford 28 - Windham 30 - Cairo 31 - Catskill |
September
1 - Saugerties, NY 2 - Ellenville 3 - Goshen 4 - Sussex, NJ 6 - Hackettstown 7 - Clinton 8 - Frenchtown 9 - Flemington 10 - Lambertville 11 - Hightstown 13 - Lakewood 14 - Tuckerton 15 - Pleasantville 16 - Mays Landing 17 - Wildwood 18 - Millville 20 - Hammonton 21 - Elmer 22 - Swedesboro 23 - New Castle, DE 24 - Middletown 25 - Smyrna 27 - Harrington 28 - Georgetown 29 - Berlin, MD 30 - Laurel October 1 - Federalsburg, MD 2 - Easton 4 - Centerville 5 - Cherstertown 6 - Denton 7 - Dover, DE 8 - Newark, MD 9 - Harve de Grace 11 - Charlestown, WV 12 - Front Royal, VA 13 - Woodstock 14 - Harrisburg 15 - Waynesboro 16 - Lexington 18 - Buchanan 19 - Rocky Mount 20 - Fieldale 21 - Spray, NC 22 - Madison 23 - Walnut Grove 25 - Mt. Airy 26 - Elkin 27 - North Wilkesboro 28 - Mockville 29 - Taylorsville 30 - Newton November 1 - Granite Falls, NC 2 - Morganton 3 - Marion 4 - Forrest City 5 - Cherryville 6 - Kings Mountain Season ends |
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April
23 - Havre de Grace, MD 25 - Elkton 26 - Marcus Hook, PA 27 - Darby 28 - Consechocken 29 - West Chester 30 - Phenixville May 2 - Lansdale, PA 3 - Doylestown 4 - Bristol 5 - Lambersville, NY 6 - Somerville, NJ 7 - High Bridge 9 - Hackettstown 10 - Franklin 11 - Warwick, NY 12 - Monroe 13 - Havrestraw 14 - Suffern 16 - Fort Jervis 17 - Monticello 18 - Calicoon 19 - Liberty 20 - Roscoe 21 - Hancock 23 - Susquehana, PA 24 - Deposit, NY 25 - Walton 26 - Delhi 27 - Stamford 28 - Middleburg 30 - Cobleskill 31 - Cherry Valley June 1 - Copperstown, NY 2 - Fort Plains 3 - [unreadable] 4 - Delgeville 6 - Johnstown 7 - Ballston Spa 8 - Greenwich 9 - Granville 10 - Manchester, VT 11 - Ludlow 13 - Springfield 14 - Clairmont, NH 15 - White River Jct., VT 16 - Randolph 17 - Rochester 18 - Waterbury 20 - Hardwick, PA 21 - Morrisville 22 - Jeffersonville 23 - Enosburg Falls 24 - Richford 25 - Troy 27 - Newport 28 - Island Pond 29 - Colebrook, NH 30 - Lancaster |
July
1 - St. Johnsbury, VT 2 - Lisbon, NH 4 - North Woodstock 5 - Plymouth 6 - Sandwich 7 - North Conway 8 - Bridgeton, ME 9 - Norway 11 - Bethel 12 - Rumford Falls 13 - Livermore Falls 14 - Farmington 15 - Madison 16 - Bingham 18 - Showhegan 19 - Dexter 20 - Pittsfield 21 - Fairfield 22 - Gardner 23 - Brunswick 25 - Gorham 26 - Sanford 27 - Farmington, NH 28 - Franklin 29 - Newport 30 - Warner August 1 - Hillsboro, NH 2 - Peterboro 3 - Winchedon, MA 4 - South Barre 5 - Ware 6 - Stafford Spgs, CT 8 - Bristol 9 - Litchfield 10 - New Milford 11 - Ridgefield 12 - Nyack, NY 13 - Englewood, NJ 15 - Rahway 16 - South River 17 - Frehold 18 - Point Pleasant 19 - Lakewood 20 - Barnegat 22 - Beach Haven 23 - Tuckerton 24 - Egg Harbor City 25 - Wildwood 26 - Cape May 27 - Millville 29 - Vineland 30 - Hammonton 31 - Elmer |
September
1 - Swedesboro, NJ 2 - Penn's Grove 3 - Smyrna, DE 5 - Centerville, MD 6 - Chestertown 7 - Middletown, DE 8 - Newark 9 - Kennett Square, PA 10 - Oxford 12 - Columbia 13 - Steelton 14 - Mechanicsburg 15 - Shippensburg 16 - McConnellsburg 17 - Mercersburg 19 - Waynesboro 20 - Williamsport, MD 21 - Charlestown, WV 22 - Brunswick, MD 23 - Fredrick 24 - Leesburg, VA 26 - Warrenton 27 - Front Royal 28 - Culpepper 29 - Orange 30 - Palmyra* October 1 - Farmville, VA 3 - Crewe 4 - Blackstone 5 - South Hill* 6 - Warrenton, NC 7 - Louisburg 8 - Franklinton, PA 10 - Oxford 11 - Roxboro 12 - Yanceyville 13 - Reidsville 14 - Madison 15 - Walnut Cove 17 - Yadkinville 18 - Mocksville 19 - Taylorsville 20 - Lenoie 21 - Newton 22 - Lincolnton 24 - Mooresville 25 - Concord 26 - Albemarle 27 - China Grove 28 - Lexington 29 - Asheboro 31 - Siler City November 1 - Graham, NC 2 - Mebane 3 - Apex 4 - Clayton 5 - Smithfield 7 - Lagrange 8 - Ayden 9 - Williamston 10 - Tarboro 11 - Scotland Neck 12 - Enfield Season ends |
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April
21 - Harve de Grace, MD 23 - Annapolis 24 - Alexandria, VA 25 - Leesburg 26 - Berryville 27 - Martinsburg, WV* 28 - Berkley Springs* 30 - Hagerstown, MD May 1 - Waynesboro, PA 2 - Chambersburg 3 - Gettysburg 4 - Carlisle 5 - Lebanon 7 - Pottstown 8 - Lansdale 9 - Doylestown 10 - Somerville, NJ 11 - Metuchen 12 - Westfield 14 - Westwood 15 - Nyack, NY 16 - Suffern 17 - Newburg 18 - Peekskill 19 - Ossining 21 - Port Washington 22 - Mineola 23 - Freeport, LI NY 24 - Hicksville 25 - Farmingdale 26 - Babylon 28 - Bay Shore, LI 29 - Patchoque 30 - South Hampston 31 - Sag Harbor June 1 - Riverhead, NY 2 - Greenport 4 - Port Jefferson 5 - Huntington 6 - Glen Cove 7 - Greenwich, CT 8 - Norwalk 9 - Ansonia 11 - Naugatuck 12 - New Milford 13 - Litchfield 14 - Winsted 15 - Great Barrington 16 - Lee 18 - North Adams 19 - Hoosick Falls, NY |
June
20 - Cohes
21 - Saratoga Spgs 22 - Schuylerville 23 - Granville 25 - Manchester, VT 26 - Springfield 27 - Claremont, NH 28 - Bellow Falls, VT 29 - Brattleboro 30 - Greenfield, MA July 2 - Athol, MA 3 - Keene, NH 4 - Newport 5 - Franklin 6 - White River Jct. 7 - Woodstock, VT 9 - Rutland 10 - White Hall, NY 11 - Brandon, VT 12 - Ticonderoga, NY 13 - Port Herry 14 - Elizabethtown 16 - Au Sable Forks 17 - Lake Placid 18 - Tupper Lake 19 - Saranac Lake 20 - St. Regis Falls 21 - Canton 23 - Carthage 24 - Lowville 25 - Pulaski 26 - Wolcott 27 - Seneca Falls 28 - Avon 30 - Medina August 4 - Watkins, NY 7 - Endicott 8 - Deposit 9 - Walton 10 - Delhi 11 - Cooperstown 13 - Richfield Spgs 14 - Ft. Plain 18 - Catskill 24 - Franklin, NJ 25 - Hackettstown 27 - Rahway 28 - Keyport 29 - Red Bank 30 - Asbury Park |
September
1 - Lakewood, NJ 5 - Hammonton 8 - Salem 13 - Milford, DE 14 - Newark 15 - Oxford, PA 17 - Columbia 18 - Mechanicsburg 19 - Shippensburg 20 - Mercersburg 21 - Greencastle 22 - W. Minster, MD 24 - Laurel 25 - Upper Marlboro 26 - Leonardtown 27 - La Plata 28 - Indian Head 29 - Rockville October 1 - Enfield, NC 2 - Scotland Neck 3 - Rocky Mount 4 - Louisburg 5 - Warrenton 6 - Franklinton 8 - Oxford 9 - Roxboro 10 - Hillsboro 11 - Wendell 12 - Wilson 13 - Farmville 15 - Tarboro 16 - Weldon 17 - Littleton 18 - Lawrenceville, VA 19 - Franklin 20 - Murfreesboro, NC November 3 - Salem, NC 5 - S. Boston, VA 6 - Chase City 7 - South Hill 8 - Emporia 9 - Victoria 10 - Blackstone 12 - Farmville Season ends |
Show reported sold to Sparks about January 1, 1929, and sold back to Downie about February 20, 1929.
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April
20 - Harve de Grace, MD 22 - Elkton 27 - Lebanon, PA 29 - Pottstown 30 - Quakertown May 1 - Bethlehem, PA 2 - Phillipsburg, NJ 3 - Washington 4 - Bangor, PA 6 - Stroudsburg 7 - Port Jervis, NY 8 - Honesdale, PA 9 - Carbondale 10 - Montrose 11 - Waylusing 13 - Towanda 14 - Canton 15 - Mansfield 16 - Wellsboro 17 - Galeton 18 - Port Allegheny 20 - Kane 21 - Warren 22 - Corry 25 - Grove City 27 - Greenville 29 - Ravenna, OH 30 - Wadsworth 31 - Orrville June 1 - Millersburg, OH 3 - Wooster 4 - Bucyrus 8 - Bowling Green 10 - Fremont |
June
15 - Painesville 17 - Ashtabula 22 - Olean, NY 24 - Bradford, PA 28 - Mt. Morris, NY 29 - Leroy July 4 - Medina, NY 6 - Walcott 13 - Canton, NY 19 - Tupper Lake, NY 20 - Lake Placid 22 - Plattsburg 26 - Saratoga Spgs August 2 - Woodville, NH 3 - Barre, VT 5 - St. Johnsbury 9 - Wolfboro, NH 10 - Hampton Beach 12 - Leominster, MA 16 - Bridgewater 17 - Middleboro 19 - Plymouth 20 - Hyannis 21 - Wareham 22 - Taunton 23 - Putnam 24 - Southbridge 26 - Webster 27 - Rockville, CT 28 - Manchester 29 - Winstead 30 - Nagatuck 31 - Milford |
September
2 - Danbury, CT 3 - Suffern, NY 6 - Newton, NJ 7 - High Bridge 9 - Somerville 10 - Keyport 11 - Lakewood 14 - Smyrna, DE 20 - Pocomoke City, MD 21 - Exmore, VA 23 - Cape Charles 28 - Easton, MD 30 - Annapolis October 2 - Manassas, VA* 3 - Warrenton 4 - Culpepper 5 - Orange 7 - Oxford, NC 12 - Washington 19 - Smithfield, NC 26 - Aberdeen, SC November 1 - Statesville, SC 5 - Martinsville, VA Season ends |
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