Circus Historical Society
Ringling Bros. Circus Routes 1908-11
Routes courtesy of Bob Cline.
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1908
There will be typographical errors.|
April
2-22 - Chicago, IL 23 - Enroute 24 - Danville, IL 25 - Terre Haute, IN 26-30 - St. Louis, MO May 1-2 - St. Louis, MO 4 - Indianapolis, IN 5 - Hamilton, OH 6-7 - Cincinnati 8 - Dayton 9 - Springfield 11 - Cleveland 12 - New Castle, PA 13 - Sharon 14-15 - Pittsburgh 16 - Altoona 18 - Lewistown 19 - Harrisburg 20 - Reading 21 - Allentown 22 - Easton 23 - Plainfield, NJ 25 - Wilkes-Barre, PA 26 - Scranton 27 - Binghamton, NY 28 - Elmira 29 - Canandaigua 30 - Buffalo June 1 - Detroit, MI 2 - Port Huron 3 - Saginaw 4 - Flint 5 - Bay City 6 - Alma 8 - Grand Rapids 9 - Kalamazoo 10 - Battle Creek 11 - Lansing 12 - Jackson 13 - Adrian 15 - Toledo, OH 16 - Goshen, IN 17 - South Bend 18 - Joliet, IL 19 - Rockford 20 - Dubuque, IA 22 - Minneapolis, MN 23 - St. Paul 24 - Eau Claire, WI 25 - Superior 26 - Duluth, MN 27 - Wadena 29 - Crookston (aft. only) 30 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada July 1 - Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 - Grafton, ND 3 - Grand Forks 4 - Fargo 6 - Aberdeen, SD 7 - Watertown 8 - Huron 9 - Mitchell |
July
10 - Sioux Falls 11 - Sioux City, IA 13 - Lincoln, NE 14 - Omaha 15 - Atlantic, IA 16 - Des Monies 17 - Algona 18 - Mankato, MN 20 - Rochester 21 - La Crosse, WI 22 - Beaver Dam 23 - Oshkosh 24 - Green Bay 25 - Manitowoc 27 - Milwaukee 28 - Madison 29 - Monroe 30 - Janesville 31 - Racine August 1-2 - Chicago 3 - Plymouth, IN 4 - Logansport 5 - Huntington 6 - Ft. Wayne 7 - Lima, OH 8 - Mansfield 10 - Marion 11 - Bellefontaine 12 - Muncie, IN 13 - Shelbyville 14 - Bloomington 15 - Lafayette 17 - Decatur, IL 18 - Springfield (cancelled) 19 - Bloomington 20 - Peoria 21 - Galesburg 22 - Quincy 24 - Davenport, IA 25 - Sterling, IL 26 - Clinton, IA 27 - Cedar Rapids 28 - Waterloo 29 - Ft. Dodge 31 - Mason City September 1 - Marshalltown, IA 2 - Oskaloosa 3 - Ottumwa 4 - Creston 5 - St. Joseph, MO 7 - Kansas City 8 - Topeka, KS 9 - Salina 10 - Great Bend 11 - Hutchinson 12 - Wichita |
September
14 - Joplin, MO 15 - Springfield 16 - Pittsburg, KS 17 - Iola 18 - Chanute 19 - Coffeyville 21 - Winfield 22 - Guthrie, OK 23 - Oklahoma City 24 - McAlester 25 - Booneville, AR 26 - Little Rock 28 - Memphis, TN 29 - Dyersburg 30 - Paducah, KY October 1 - Hopkinsville, KY 2 - Nashville, TN 3 - Bowling Green, KY 5 - Louisville 6 - Lexington 7 - Jellico, TN (6 pm only) 8 - Knoxville 9 - Johnson City 10 - Bristol 12 - Asheville, NC 13 - Statesville 14 - Winston-Salem 15 - Charlotte 16 - Columbia, SC 17 - Spartanburg 19 - Greenvile 20 - Anderson 21 - Athens, GA 22 - Gainesville 23 - Atlanta 24 - Anniston, AL 26 - Birmingham 27 - Gadsden 28 - Chattanooga, TN 29 - Huntsville, AL 30 - Decatur 31 - Columbia, TN November 2 - Florence, AL 3 - Corinth, MS 4 - Columbus 5 - Tuscaloosa, AL 6 - Montgomery 7 - Selma 9 - Mobile 10 - Meridian, MS 11 - Macon Season ends |
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1909
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March/April
Mar. 25-Apr 24 - New York, NY 26-30 - Brooklyn, NY May 1 - Brooklyn, NY 3-8 - Philadelphia, PA 10-11 - Washington, DC 12-13 - Baltimore, MD 14 - Wilmington, DE 15 - Atlantic City, NJ 17 - Camden 18 - Trenton 19 - New Brunswick 20 - Jersey City 21 - Newark 22 - Long Branch 24 - Paterson 25 - KIngston, NY 26 - Schenectady 27 - Troy 28 - Albany 29 - North Adams, MA 31 - Boston June 1-5 - Boston, MA 7 - Lynn 8 - Salem 9 - Lawrence 10 - Manchester, NH 11 - Lowell, MA 12 - Fitchburg 14 - Worcester 15 - Woonsocket, RI 16 - Providence 17 - Fall River, MA 18 - New Bedford 19 - Brockton 21 - Springfield 22 - Hartford, CT 23 - Waterbury 24 - New Haven 25 - Bridgeport 26 - Stamford 28 - Gloversville, NY 29 - Utica 30 - Syracuse July 1 - Rochester, NY 2 - Buffalo 3 - Erie, PA 5 - New Brighton 6 - Lectonia, OH 7 - Akron 8 - Wooster 9 - Tiffin 10 - Greenville |
July
12 - Kokomo, IN 13 - Hoopeston, IL (nite cancelled) 14 - Springfield 15 - Roodhouse 16 - Mexico, MO 17 - Marshall 19 - Kansas City 20 - Manhattan, KS 21 - Beatrice, NE 22 - Fremont 23 - Grand Island 24 - Kearney 26 - Denver, CO 27 - Colorado Springs 28 - Boulder 29 - Greeley 30 - Laramie, WY 31 - Rawlings August 2 - Salt Lake City, UT 3 - Provo 4 - Ogden 5 - Idaho Falls, ID (aft. only) 6 - Butte, MT 7 - Missoula 9 - Spokane, WA 10 - Moscow, ID 11 - Lewiston, ID 12 - Walla Walla, WA 13 - North Yakima 14 - Ellensburg 16 - Vancouver, B.C. Canada 17 - Bellingham, WA 18 - Everett 19-20 - Seattle 21 - Tacoma 23 - Centralia 24-25 - Portland, OR 26 - Salem 27 - Roseburg (4 pm only) 28 - Medford 30 - Red Bluff, CA 31 - Chico September 1 - Marysville, CA 2 - Sacraento 3 - Santa Rosa 4 - Napa 5-6 - Oakland 7 - Santa Cruz 8 - Salinas |
September
9-13 - San Francisco, CA 14 - San Jose 15 - Stockton 16 - Fresno 17 - Visalia 18 - Bakersfield 20 - Santa Barbara 21-22 - Los Angeles 23 - San Diego 24 - Santa Ana 25 - San Bernardino 27 - Phoenix, AZ 28 - Tucson 29 - Douglas (aft. only) 30 - El Paso, TX October 1 - Enroute 2 - Abilene, TX 4 - Dallas 5 - Waxahachie 6 - Ft. Worth 7 - Ardmore, OK 8 - Shawnee 9 - Lawton 11 - Hobart 12 - Chickasha 13 - Enid 14 - Tulsa 15 - Muskogee 16 - Ft. Smith, AR 18 - Paris, TX 19 - Greenville 20 - Terrell (aft. only) 21 - Shreveport, LA 22 - Texarkana, AR 23 - Tyler, TX 25 - Hillsboro 26 - Corsicana 27 - Waco 28 - Temple 29 - Austin 30 - San Antonio November 1 - Houston, TX 2 - Beaumont 3 - Lake Charles, LA 4 - Crowley 5 - New Iberia 6-7 - New Orleans 8 - Baton Rouge 9 - Brookhaven, MS 10 - Jackson 11 - Greenwood 12 - Greenville 13 - Clarksdale Season ends |
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1910
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April
7-26 - Chicago, IL 27 - Enroute 28 - Danville, IL 29 - Champaign (aft. cancelled) 30 - Mattoon May 2-7 - St. Louis, MO 9 - Indianapolis, IN 10 - Terre Haute 11 - Vincennes 12 - Evansville 13 - Owensboro, KY 14 - Louisville 16-17 - Cincinnati, OH 18 - Dayton 19 - Columbus 20 - Ulrichsville 21 - Wheeling, WV 23-25 - Pittsburgh, PA 26 - Uniontown 27 - Johnstown 28 - Altoona 30 - Harrisburg 31 - York June 1 - Reading, PA 2 - Allentown 3 - Easton 4 - Wilkes-Barre 6 - Scranton 7 - Binghamton, NY 8 - Elmira 9 - Hornell 10 - Olean 11 - Oil City, PA 13 - Cleveland, OH 14 - Lorain 15 - Toledo 16 - Detroit, MI 17 - Coldwater 18 - South Bend, IN 20 - Milwaukee, WI 21 - Beaver Dam 22 - Grand Rapids 23 - Chippewa Falls 24 - Superior 25 - Duluth, MN 27 - Minneapolis 28 - St. Paul 29 - Alexandria 30 - Fargo, ND July 1 - Grand Forks, ND 2 - Wahpeton 4 - Aberdeen, SD 5 - Watertown, SD (blowdown nite) 6 - Sioux Falls (no top) 7 - Mitchell (aft. only) 8 - Sheldon, IA 9 - Sioux City |
July
11 - Lincoln, NE 12 - Omaha 13 - Carroll, IA 14 - Des Moines 15 - Waterloo 16 - Cedar Rapids 18 - Davenport 19 - Kewanee, IL 20 - Peoria 21 - Joliet 22 - Benton Harbor, MI 23 - Kalamazoo 25 - Grand Rapids 26 - Ionia 27 - Lansing 28 - Saginaw 29 - Port Huron 30 - Flint August 1 - Owosso, MI 2 - Jackson 3 - Auburn, IN 4 - Logansport 5 - Lafayette 6 - Decatur, IL 8 - Quincy 9 - Macomb 10 - Galesburg 11 - Sterling 12 - Rockford 13 - Janesville, WI 15 - Madison 16 - Oshkosh 17 - Sheboygan 18 - Manitowoc 19 - Appleton 20 - Wausau 22 - La Crosse 23 - Rochester, MN 24 - Mankato 25 - Faribault 26 - Albert Lea 27 - Ft. Dodge, IA 29 - Mason City 30 - Marshalltown 31 - Oskaloosa September 1 - Ottumwa, IA 2 - Trenton, MO 3 - St. Joseph 5 - Topeka, KS 6 - Concordia 7 - Salina 8 - Great Bend 9 - Hutchinson 10 - Newton |
September
12 - Iola, KS 13 - Ft. Scott 14 - Springfield, MO 15 - Joplin 16 - Coffeyville, KS 17 - Bartlesville, OK 19 - Wichita, KS 20 - Blackwell, OK 21 - Oklahoma City 22 - McAlester 23 - Booneville, AR 24 - Little Rock 26 - Memphis, TN 27 - Dyersburg 28 - Jackson 29 - Paducah, KY 30 - Henderson October 1 - Hopkinsville, KY 3 - Clarksville, TN 4 - Nashville 5 - Decatur, AL 6 - Birmingham 7 - Gadsden 8 - Anniston 10 - Atlanta, GA 11 - Rome 12 - Chattanooga, TN 13 - Knoxville 14 - Johnson City 15 - Bristol 17 - Asheville, NC 18 - Salisbury 19 - Winston-Salem 20 - Danville, VA 21 - Durham, NC 22 - Raleigh 24 - Greensboro 25 - Gastonia 26 - Spartanburg, SC 27 - Greenville 28 - Anderson 29 - Gainesville, GA 31 - Opelika, AL November 1 - Selma, AL 2 - Montgomery 3 - Pensacola, FL 4 - Mobile, AL 5 - Meridian, MS 7 - Tuscaloosa, AL 8 - Tupelo, MS 9 - West Point Season ends |
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1911
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April
1-23 - Chicago, IL 24-25 - Enroute 26 - Zanesville, OH 27 - Parkersburg, WV 29 - Cumberland, MD May 1-2 - Washington, DC 3-4 - Baltimore, MD 5 - Wilmington, DE 6 - Trenton, NJ 8-13 - Philadelphia, PA 15-16 - Newark, NJ 17 - Jersey City 18 - Paterson 19 - Newburgh, NY 20 - Kingston 22 - Buffalo 23 - Rochester 24 - Syracuse 25 - Utica 26 - Albany 27 - Troy 29-31 - Boston, MA June 1-3 - Boston, MA 5 - Lynn 6 - Salem 7 - Portland, ME 8 - Waterville 9 - Bangor 10 - Lewiston 12 - Biddeford 13 - Manchester, NH 14 - Lawrence, MA 15 - Lowell 16 - Fitchburg 17 - Woonsocket, RI 19 - Providence 20 - Pawtucket 21 - Fall River, MA 22 - New Bedford 23 - Worcester 24 - Holyoke 26 - Springfield 27 - Hartford, CT 28 - Waterbury 29 - New Haven 30 - Bridgeport July 1 - Stamford, CT 3 - Yonkers, NY 4 - Poughkeepsie 5 - Pittsfield, MA 6 - Schenectady, NY 7 - Herkimer 8 - Auburn |
July
10 - Lyons, NY 11 - Lockport 12 - Jamestown 13 - Erie, PA 14 - New Brighton 15 - Youngstown, OH 17 - Canton 18 - Akron 19 - Mansfield 20 - Lima 21 - Ft. Wayne, IN 22 - Elkart 24 - Kankakee, IL 25 - Bloomington 26 - La Salle 27 - Moline 28 - Muscatine, IA 29 - Centerville 31 - Kansas City, MO August 1 - Falls City, NE 2 - Hastings 3 - Grand Island 4 - Broken Bow 5 - Alliance 7 - Sheridan, WY (aft. only) 8 - Billings, MT (aft. only) 9 - Great Falls 10 - Helena 11 - Butte 12 - Missoula 14 - Spokane, WA 15 - Wenatchee (nite only) 16 - Everett 17 - Centralia 18-19 - Portland, OR 21 - Vancouver, B.C. Canada 22 - Bellingham, WA 23-24 - Seattle 25 - Tacoma 26 - North Yakima (nite only) 28 - Walla Walla 29 - Baker, OR (6 pm only) 30 - Boise, ID (4 pm only) 31 - Pocatello September 1 - Ogden, UT 2 - Salt Lake City 4 - Reno, NV 5 - Auburn, CA 6 - Sacramento 7 - Oakland 8-11 - San Francisco |
September
12 - San Jose, CA 13 - Stockton 14 - Fresno 15 - Visalia 16 - Bakersfield 18-20 - Los Angeles 21 - San Diego 22 - Santa Ana 23 - San Bernardino 25 - Phoenix, AZ 26 - Tucson 27 - Lordsburg, NM (4 pm only) 28 - El Paso, TX 29 - Enroute 30 - Abilene, TX October 2 - Ft. Worth, TX 3 - Dallas 4 - Waco 5 - Temple 6 - Austin 7 - San Antonio 9 - Beaumont 10 - Houston 11 - Mexia 12 - Cleburne 13 - Hillsboro 14 - Waxahachie 16 - Denton 17 - Bonham 18 - Sherman 19 - McKinney 20 - Corsicana 21 - Tyler 23 - Texarkana, AR 24 - Shreveport, LA 25 - Marshall, TX 26 - Terrell 27 - Greenville 28 - Paris 30 - Ft. Smith, AR 31 - Fayetteville Season ends |
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