Circus Historical Society
Downie Bros. Circus Routes 1935-37, 1939
Routes courtesy of John Polacsek.
Downie Bros. Circus Route 1935
Information on starred items (*) are at end of route. There will be typographical errors.|
April
17 - Macon, GA 18 - Athens 19 - Anderson, SC 20 - Ashevillek NC 22 - Knoxville, TN 23 - Morristown 24 - Greenville 25 - Johnson City 26 - Kingsport 27 - Bristol 29 - Bluefield, WV 30 - Beckley May 1 - Charleston, WV 2 - Logan 3 - Ironton, OH 4 - Ashland, KY 6 - Portsmouth, OH 7 - Chillicothe 8 - Athens 9 - Lancaster 10 - Coshocton 11 - Hollidays Cove, WV 13 - E. Liverpool 14 - McKeesport, PA 15 - Charleroi 16 - Vandergrift 17 - Kittanning 18 - Butler 20 - Meadville 21 - Oil City 22 - Corry 23 - Jamestown, NY 24 - Olean 25 - Hornell 27 - Elmira 28 - Geneva 29 - Cortland 30 - Ithaca 31 - Auburn June 1 - Oswego, NY 3 - Amsterdam 4 - Bennington, VT 5 - N. Adams, MA 6 - Greenfield 7 - Holyoke 8 - Webster 10 - Quincy 11 - Taunton 12 - Waltham 13 - Gloucester 14 - Lawrence 15 - Portsmouth, NH 17 - Concord, NH 18 - Laconia 19 - Woodville 20 - Barre 21 - Newport 22 - St. Johnsbury |
June
24 - Augusta, ME 25 - Waterville 26 - Madison 27 - Dover Foxcroft 28 - Millinocket 29 - Presque Isle July 1 - Calais, ME 2 - Eastport 3 - Machais 4 - Ellsworth 5 - Belfast 6 - Rockland 8 - Bath 9 - Biddeford 10 - Dover, NH 11 - N. Conway 12 - Rumford 13 - Skowhegan 15 - Haverhill, MA 16 - Newton 17 - Fall River 18 - New Bedford 19 - Falmouth 20 - Newport, RI 22 - Meriden, CT 23 - Peekskill, NY 24 - Monticello 25 - Port Jervis 26 - Honesdale 27 - Stroudsburg, PA 29 - Berwick 30 - Hazleton 31 - Tamaqua August 1 - Mt. Carmel, PA 2 - Shamokin 3 - Bellefonte 5 - Indiana 6 - New Kensington 7 - Somerset 8 - Uniontown 9 - Washington 10 - Waynesburg 12 - Uhrichsville, OH 13 - Cambridge 14 - Mt. Vernon 15 - Washington C. H. 16 - Middletown 17 - Hamilton 19 - Richmond, KY 20 - Danville 21 - Somerset 22 - Harriman, TN* 23 - Chattanooga 24 - Rome, GA 26 - Gadsden, AL 27 - Anniston 28 - Sylcauga 29 - Alexander City 30 - Columbus, GA 31 - Thomaston |
September
2 - Albany, GA 3 - Moultree 4 - Tifton 5 - Valdosta 6 - Waycross 7 - Douglas 9-10 - Savannah, GA 11 - Statesboro 12 - Augusta 13 - Columbia, SC 14 - Orangeburg 16 - Charleston 17 - Sumter 18 - Florence 19 - Rockingham, NC 21 - Goldsboro 23 - Wilmington 24 - New Bern 25 - Kinston 26 - Greenville 27 - Wilson 28 - Rocky Mount 30 - Raleigh October 1 - Henderson, NC 2 - Roxboro 3 - Reidsville 4 - Statesville 5 - High Point 7 - Spartansburg, SC 8 - Gastonia, NC 9 - Hickory 10 - Albermarle 11 - Bennettsville, SC 12 - Hartsville 14 - Laurens 15 - Chester 16 - Greenville 17 - Gainesville, GA 18 - Griffin 19 - LaGrange 21 - Troy, AL 22 - Dothan 23 - Panama City, FL 24 - Chipley 25 - Tallahassee 26 - Lake City 28 - Gainesville 29 - Ocala 30 - Orlando 31 - Lakeland November 1 - Tampa, FL 2 - St. Petersburg 4 - Daytona 5 - St. Augustine 6 - Brunswick, GA Season ends |
* August 22, Harriman, date lost, long haul over mountain.
Downie Bros. Circus Route 1936
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April
16 - Macon, GA 17 - Athens 18 - Greenwood, SC 20 - Charlotte, NC 21 - Burlington 22 - Danville, VA 23 - Lynchburg 24 - Roanoke 25 - Pulaski 27 - Bluefield, WV 28 - Hinton 29 - Beckley 30 - Charleston May 1 - Huntington, WV 2 - Logan 4 - Covington, KY 5 - Lexington 6 - Stanton 7 - Charlottesville, VA 8 - Fredricksburg 9 - Annapolis, MD 11 - Harrisburg, PA 12 - York 13 - Lancaster 14 - Coatesville 15 - Norristown 16 - Chester 18 - Plainfield, NJ 19 - Westfield 20 - Montclair 21 - Garfield 22 Ridgewood 23 - Newburg ? 25 - Stamford, CT 26 - Bridgeport 27 - New Haven 28 - Waterbury 29 - Hartford 30 - Northampton, MA June 1 - Pittsfield, MA 2 - North Adams 3 - Greenfield 4 - Holyoke 5 - Framingham 6 - Waltham 8 - Quincy 9 - Lynn 10 - Gloucester 11 - Lowell 12 - Lawrence 13 - Portsmouth, NH 15 - Portland, ME 16 - Lewistown 17 - Augusta 18 - Waterville 19 - Ellsworth 20 - Dover Foxcraft |
June
22 - Presque Isle, ME 23 - Van Buren 24 - Fort Kent 25 - Caribou 26 - Houlton 27 - Millinocket 29 - Bangor 30 - Rockland July 1 - Bath, ME 2 - Biddeford 3 - Rochester, NH 4 - Laconia 6 - Nashua 7 - Concord 8 - Newport 9 - Woodsville 10 - Barre, VT 11 - Burlington 13 - Bennington 14 - Brattleboro 15 - Fitchburg, MA 16 - Salem 17 - Hyannis 18 - Falmouth 20 - Newport, RI 21 - Norwich, CT 22 - Worcester, MA 23 - Springfield 24 - Manchester 25 - Danbury 27 - Hudson, NY 28 - Glen Falls 29 - Gloversville 30 - Fort Plain 31 - Oneonta August 1 - Tonawanda, NY 3 - Bellefonte, PA 4 - Clearfield 5 - Indiana 6 - Butler 7 - Vandergrift 8 - Washington 10 - Fairmont, WV 11 - Clarksburg 12 - Elkins 13 - Cumberland, MD 14 - Hagerstown 15 - Harrisonburg 17 - Richmond, VA 18 - Newport News 19 - Norfolk 20 - Portsmouth 21 - Petersburg 22 - South Boston 24 - Martinsville 25 - Winston-Salem 26 - Salisbury 27 - High Point 28 - Greensboro 29 - Durham 31 - Raleigh |
September
1 - Rocky Mount, NC 2 - Washington 3 - Greenville 4 - Kinston 5 - New Bern 7 - Wilmington 8 - Lumberton 9 - Mullins, SC 10 - Conway 11 - Lake City 12 - Charleston 14 - Savannah, GA 15 - Stateboro 16 - Augusta 17 - Dublin 18 - Vidalia 19 - Douglas 21 - Blackshear 22 - Valdosta 23 - Lake City, FL 24 - Tallahassee 25 - Dothan, AL 26 - Panama City, FL 28 - Pensacola 29 - Andalusia, AL 30 - Greenville October 1 - Montgomery, AL 2 - Sylacauga 3 - Anniston 5 - Rome, GA 6 - Chattanooga, TN 7 - Knoxville 8 - Newport 9 - Ashville, NC 10 - Lenoir 12 - Greenville, SC 13 - Union 14 - Rockhill 15 - Rockingham, NC 16 - Harsville, SC 17 - Georgetown 19-20 - Jacksonville, FL 21 - Gainesville 22 - Ocala 23 - Lakeland 24 - St. Petersburg 26 - Tampa 27 - Sarasota 28 - Wauchula 29 - Arcadia 30 - Ft. Myers 31 - Pahokee November 2-3 - Miami, FL 4 - Ft. Lauderdale 5 - W. Palm Beach 6 - Ft. Pierce 7 - Daytona 9 - St. Augustine 10 - Palatka 11 - Live Oak Season ends |
Downie Bros. Circus Route 1937 (partial)
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April
12 - Macon, GA 13 - Thomaston 14 - Griffin 15 - Gainesville 16 - Spartansburg, SC 17 - Gastonia, NC 19 - Danville, VA 20 - Lynchburg 21 - Roanoke 22 - Covington 23 - Hinton, WV 24 - Beckley 26 - Logan 27 - Huntington 28 - Portsmouth, OH 29 - Chillicothe 30 Athens May 1 - Lancaster, OH 3 - Steubenville 4 - E. Liverpool 5 - Charleroi, PA 6 - McKeesport 7 - Greensburg 8 - Kittanning 10 - Meadville 11 - Franklin 12 - Butler 13 - Vandergrift 14 - Johnstown 15 - Altoon 17 - Harrisburg 18 - Lebanon 19 - Pottsville 20 - Mt. Carmel 21 - Hazelton 22 - Allentown 24 - Easton 25 - Plainfield, NJ 26 - Westfield 27 - Montclair 28 - Garfield 29 - Hackensack 31 - Poughkeepsie June 1 - Newburg, NY 2 - Waterbury, CT 3 - Meriden 4 - New London 5 - Webster, MA 7 - Newport, RI 8 - Fall River, MA 9 - New Bedford 10 - Attleboro 11 - Lowell 12 - Waltham 14 - Quincy 15 - Gloucester 16 - Lawrence 17 - Lynn 18 - Taunton 19 - Framington |
June
21 - Gardner, MA 22 - Ware 23 - Holyoke 24 - Greenfield 25 - Brattleboro, VT 26 - Bennington 28 - Little Falls, NY 29 - Fulton 30 - Gouverneur July 1 - Odgensburg, NY 2 - Massena 3 - Saranac Lake 5 - Plattsburg 6 - Ticonderoga 7 - Glen Falls 8 - Bellows Falls, VT 9 - W. Lebanon, NH 10 - Littleton 12 - Newport, VT 13 - Woodsville, NH 14 - Laconia 15 - Biddeford, ME 16 - Augusta 17 - Dover Foxcroft 19 - Caribou 20 - Fort Kent 21 - Madawaska 22 - Presque Isle 23 - Houlton 24 - Millinocket 26 - Bangor 27 - Ellsworth 28 - Rockland 29 - Waterville 30 - Portland 31 - Bath August 2 - Portsmouth, NH 3 - Concord 4 - Manchester 5 - Salem, MA 6 - Hyannis 7 - Falmouth 9 - Bridgeport, CT 10 - Stamford 11 - Hempstead, LI, NY 12 - Southampton 13 - Patchogue 14 - Huntington, LI, NY 16 - Asbury Park, NJ 17 - Camden 18 - Dover, DE 19 - Easton, MD 20 - Cambridge 21 - Salesbury 23 - Norfolk, VA 24 - Suffolk 25 - Elizabeth City, NC 26 - Washington 27 - Rocky Mount 28 - Wilson |
August
30 - Raleigh, NC 31 - Greensboro September 1 - Winston-Salem, NC 2 - Hickory 3 - Shelby 4 - Greenville 6 - Charlotte 7 - Statesville 8 - High Point 9 - Durham 10 - Tarboro 11 - Washington 13 - Kinston 14 - New Bern 15 - Wilmington 16 - Lumberton 17 - Florence, SC 18 - Charleston 20 - Columbia 21 - Augustia 22 - Dublin, GA 23 - Statesboro 24-25 - Savannah 27-28 - Jacksonville, FL 29 - Waycross, GA 30 - Thomasville October 1 - Dothan, AL 2 - Panama, City, FL 4 - Tallahassee 5 - Moultrie, GA 6 - VAldosta 7 - Gainesville, FL 8 - Leesburg 9 - Sanford 11 - Orlando 12 - Lakeland 13-14 - Tampa 26 - Chipley, FL 27 - Pensacola 28 - Mobile, AL 29 - Atmore 30 - Greenville November 1 - Selma, AL 2 - Troy 3 - Eufaula 4 - Albany, GA Season ends |
Downie Bros. Circus Route 1939
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April
6 - Macon, GA 7 - Thomaston 8 - Griffin 10 - Chattanooga, TN 11 - Knoxville 12 - Greenville 13 - Johnson City 14 - Kingsport 15 - Briston, VA, TN 17 - Bluefield, WV 18 - Radford, VA 19 - Roanoke 20 - Covinton 21 - Hinton, WV 22 - Beckley 24 - Charleston 25 - Parkersburg 26 - Clarkesburg 27 - Fairmont 28 - Morgantown 29 - Uniontown, PA May 1 - Washington, PA 2 - Steubenville, OH 3 - Warren 4 - Sharon, PA 5 - Meadville 6 - Oil City 8 - McKeesport 9 - Johsntown 10 - Altoona 11 - Lewistown 12 - Harrisburg 13 - Lebanon 15 - Easton 16 - New Brunswick, NJ 17 - Plainfield 18 - Westfield 19 - Paterson 20 - Montclair 22 - Bridgeport, CT 23 - New Haven 24 - Waterbury 25 - Meriden 26 - Norwich 27 - Westerly, RI 28 - New Bedford, MA 29 - Fall River 30 - Newport, RI June 1 - Quincy, MA 2 - Lynn 3 - Newburyport 5 - Portsmouth, NH 6 - Concord 7 - Manchester 8 - Nashua 9 - Lawrence, MA 10 - Malden 12 - Lowell 13 - Fitchburg 14 - Greenfield 15 - Keene, NH 16 - Claremont 17 - Laconia |
June
19 - Woodsville 20 - Montpelier, VT 21 - Burlington 22 - St. Albans 23 - Richford 24 - Newport 26 - Berlin, NH 27 - Lewistown, ME 28 - Augusta 29 - Waterville 30 - Bangor July 1 - Ellsworth, ME 3 - Bar Harbor 4 - Rockland 5 - Bath 6 - Biddeford 7 - Dover, NH 8 - Revere, MA 10 - Gloucester 11 - Salem 12 - Haverhill 13 - Waltham 14 - Framingham 15 - Webster 17 - Plymouth 18 - E. Providence, RI 19 - Manchester, CT 20 - Holyoke, MA 21 - Pittsfield 22 - Torrington, CT 24 - Garfield, NJ 25 - Perth Amboy 26 - Red Bank 27 - Asbury Park 28 - Camden 29 - Annapolis, MD 30 - Richmond, VA August 1 - Charlottesville, VA 2 - Staunton 3 - Lynchburg 4 - Petersbug 5 - Newport News 7 - Norfolk 8 - Portsmouth 9 - Suffolk 10 - Emporia 11 - Raleigh, NC 12 - Greensboro 14 - Winston-Salem 15 - Hickory 16 - Charlotte 17 - Henderson 18 - Asheville 19 - Marysville, TN 21 - Middleborough, KY 22 - Harlan 23 - Lynch 24 - McRoberts 25 - Hazard 26 - Pikeville 28 - Paintsville 29 - Ashland 30 - Maysville 31 - Lexington |
September
1 - Frankfort, KY 2 - Elizabethtown 4 - Nashville, TN 5 - Huntsville, AL 6 - Anniston 7 - Birmingham 8 - Tuscaloosa 9 - Columbus, MS 11 - Meridan 12 - Laurel 13 - Hattiesburg 14 - McComb 15 - Natchez 16 - Vicksburg 17 - Rayville, LA 18 - Monroe 19 - Ruston 20 - Minden 21 - Shreveport 22 - Natchitoches 23 - Alexandria 24 - New Iveria 25-26 - Baton Rouge 27 - Lafayette 28 - Lake Charles 29 - Orange 30 - Port Arthur, TX October 1 - Texas City, TX 2 - Galveston 3 - Goose Creek 4 - Bryan 5 - Nacogdoches 6 - Longview 7 - Paris 9 - Denison 10 - Greenville 11 - Gainesville 12 - Wichita Falls 13 - Graham 14 - Stamford 15 - Sweetwater 16 - San Angelo 17 - Brownwood 18 - Breckenridge 19 - Mineral Wells 20 - Fort Worth 21 - Ennis 22 - Athens 23 - Corsicana 24 - Palestine 25 - Waco 26 - Temple 27 - Austin 28 - Luling 29 - Brenham 30 - Lufkin 31 - Henderson November 1 - Texarkana, TX 2 - Camden 3 - Eldorado, AR 4 - Pine Bluff 6 - Hot Springs 7 - Little Rock Season ends. |
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