Circus Historical Society
Ringling Bros. Circus Routes 1912-15
Routes courtesy of Bob Cline.
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1912
There will be typographical errors.|
April
6-23 - Chicago, IL 25 - Enroute 26 - Danville, IL 27 - Terre Haute, IN 29-30 - St. Louis, MO May 1-4 - St. Louis, MO 6 - Indianapolis, IN 7 - Richmond 8-9 - Cincinnati OH 10 - Dayton 11 - Columbus 13 - Cleveland 14 - Wellsville 15 - Wheeling, WV 16 - Fairmont 17 - Uniontown, PA 18 - Charleroi 20-21 - Pittsburgh 22 - Butler 23 - Greensburg 24 - Johnstown 25 - Altoona 27 - Harrisburg 28 - Reading 29 - Allentown 30 - Easton 31 - Wilkes- Barre June 1 - Scranton, PA 3 - Elmira, NY 4 - Binghamton 5 - Norwich 6 - Rome 7 - Watertown 8 - Ogdensburg 10-11 - Montreal, Quebec 12 - Ottawa, Ontario 13 - Smiths Falls 14 - Kingston 15 - Belleville 17 - Toronto 18 - Hamilton 19 - Brantford 20 - Berlin 21 - London 22 - St. Thomas 24 - Detroit, MI 25 - Toledo, OH 26 - Flint, MI 27 - Lansing 28 - Grand Rapids 29 - South Bend, IN July 1 - Milwaukee, WI 2 - Beaver Dam 3 - Madison 4 - Racine 5 - Sheboygan 8 - Menominee, MI |
July
9 - Escanaba 10 - Ishpeming 11 - Hancock 12 - Calumet 13 - Iron Mountain 15 - Ashland, WI 16 - Duluth, MN 17 - St. Cloud 18 - Fergus Falls (6 pm only) 19 - Grand Forks, ND 20 - Fargo 22-23 - Minneapolis, MN 24 - St. Paul 25 - Mankato 26 - Rochester 27 - Faribault 29 - Albert Lea 30 - Algona, IA August 1 - Sheldon, IA 2 - Sioux Falls, SD 3 - Mitchell 5 - Sioux City, IA 6 - Fremont, NE 7 - Norfolk 8 - Lincoln 9 - Omaha 10 - Atlantic, IA 12 - Des Moines 13 - Ft. Dodge 14 - Waterloo 15 - Marshalltown 16 - Cedar Rapids 17 - Iowa City 19 - Davenport 20 - Freeport, IL 21 - Rockford 22 - Sterling (big top burned) 23 - Kewanee 24 - Macomb 26 - Galesburg 27 - Peoria 28 - Decatur 29 - Champaign 30 - Lafayette, IN 31 - Anderson September 2 - Louisville, KY 3 - Lexington 4 - Richmond 5 - Lebanon 6 - Nashville, TN 7 - Hopkinsville, KY |
September
9 - Evansville, IN 10 - Mt. Vernon, IL 11 - Cape Girardeau, MO 12 - Flat River 13 - Poplar Bluff 14 - Jonesboro, AR 16 - Springfield, MO 17 - Joplin 18 - Pittsburg, KS 19 - Iola 20 - Independence 21 - Wichita 23 - Bartlesville, OK 24 - Tulsa 25 - Muskogee 26 - Ft. Smith, AR 27 - Ft. Smith 28 - Argenta (Little Rock) 30 - Memphis, TN October 1 - New Albany, MS (aft. only) 2 - Birmingham, AL 3 - Gasden 4 - Chattanooga, TN 5 - Knoxville 7 - Atlanta, GA 8 - Macon 9 - Columbus 10 - Albany 11 - Cordele 12 - Valdosta 14 - Tampa, FL 15 - Ocala 16 - Jacksonville 17 - Waycross, GA 18 - Savannah 19 - Augusta 21 - Columbia, SC 22 - Anderson 23 - Greenville 24 - Spartanburg 25 - Charlotte, NC 26 - High Point 28 - Durham 29 - Raleigh 30 - Rocky Mount 31 - Portsmouth, VA November 1 - Norfolk, VA 2 - Richmond Season ends |
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1913
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April
5-20 - Chicago, IL 21-22 - Enroute 23 - Zanesville, OH (cancel'd, flood) 24 - Parkersburg, WV (cancel'd, flood) 25 - Clarksburg 26 - Cumberland, MD 28-29 - Washington, DC 30 - Baltimore, MD May 1 - Baltimore, MD 2 - Wilmington, DE 3 - Trenton, NJ 5-10 - Philadelphia, PA 12 - Atlantic City, NJ 13 - Camden 14 - Newark 15 - Jersey City 16 - Paterson 17 - Middletown, NY 19 - Danbury, CT 20 - Stamford 21 - Bridgeport 22 - New Haven 23 - Waterbury 24 - Hartford 26-31 - Boston, MA June 2 - Lynn, MA 3 - Salem 4 - Portland, ME 5 - Waterville 6 - Bangor 7 - Lewiston 9 - Manchester, NH 10 - Lawrence, MA 11 - Lowell 12 - Fitchburg 13 - Worcester 14 - Woonsocket, RI 16 - Providence 17 - Fall River, MA 18 - New Bedford 19 - Taunton 20 - Springfield 21 - Holyoke 23 - Pittsfield 24 - Albany, NY 25 - Troy 26 - Kingston 27 - Schenectady 28 - Utica 30 - Syracuse July 1 - Rochester, NY 2 - Buffalo 3 - Jamestown 4 - Erie, PA |
July
5 - Ashtabula, OH 7 - Youngstown 8 - Akron 9 - Canton 10 - Mansfield 11 - Lima 12 - Ft. Wayne, IN 14 - Kankakee, IL 15 - Bloomington 16 - La Salle 17 - Moline 18 - Muscatine, IA 19 - Centerville 21-22 - Kansas City, MO 23 - St. Joseph 24 - Topeka, KS 25 - Hutchinson 26 - Great Bend 28 - Denver, CO 29 - Cheyenne, WY (aft. only) 31 - Evanston (aft. only) August 1 - Salt Lake City, UT 2 - Ogden 4 - Butte, MT 5 - Bozeman 6 - Billings (aft. only) 7 - Lewiston 8 - Great Falls 9 - Helena 11 - Spokane, WA 12 - Wenatchee (4 pm only) 13-14 - Seattle 15 - Bellingham 16 - Vancouver, B.C. Canada 18 - Everett, WA 19 - Tacoma 20 - Centralia 21-22 - Portland, OR 23 - Salem 25 - Chico, CA 26 - Marysville 27 - Sacramento 28 - Santa Rosa 29 - Oakland 30-31 - San Francisco September 1 - San Francisco, CA 2 - San Jose 3 - Stockton 4 - Fresno 5 - Visalia 6 - Bakersfield 8-10 - Los Angeles |
September
11 - San Diego, CA 12 - Santa Ana 13 - San Bernardino 15 - Phoenix, AZ 16 - Tucson 17 - Deming, NM (nite only) 18 - El Paso, TX 19 - Enroute 20 - Abilene, TX 22 - Ft. Worth 23 - Dallas 24 - Waco 25 - Taylor 26 - Austin 27 - San Antonio 29 - Galveston 30 - Houston (cancel'd flood) October 1 - Beaumont, TX (cancel'd flood) 2 - Lake Charles, LA (cancel'd flood) 3 - Alexandria (cancel'd flood) 4 - Shreveport 6 - Texarcana, AR 7 - Tyler, TX 8 - Corsicana 9 - Waxahachie 10 - Hillsboro 11 - Temple 13 - Cleburne 14 - Gainesville 15 - Wichita Falls 16 - Altus, OK 17 - Lawton 18 - Hobart 20 - Chickasha 21 - Enid 22 - Oaklahoma City 23 - Shawnee 24 - Ardmore 25 - Sherman, TX 27 - Greenville 28 - Terrell 29 - Paris 30 - Hugo, OK 31 - Ada November 1 - Okmulgee, OK Season ends |
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1914
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April
11-25 - Chicago, IL 27 - Enroute 28-30 - St. Louis, MO May 1-2 - St. Louis, MO 4 - Terre Haute, IN 5 - Danville, IL 6 - Indianapolis, IN 7 - Dayton, OH (nite cancelled) 8 - Columbus 9 - Wheeling, WV 11-12 - Pittsburgh, PA 13 - Johnstown 14 - Altoona 15 - Harrisburg 16 - Reading 18 - Easton 19 - Wilkes-Barre 20 - Scranton 21 - Binghamton, NY 22 - Elmira 23 - Olean 25-26 - Cleveland, OH* 27 - Marion 28 - Toledo 29-30 - Detroit, MI June 1 - Grand Rapids, MI 2 - Lansing 3 - Flint 4 - Port Huron 5 - Chatham, Ontario Canada 6 - St. Thomas 8 - London 9 - Woodstock 10 - Stratford 11 - Berlin 12 - Branford 13 - Hamilton 15-16 - Toronto 17 - Belleville 18 - Kingston 19 - Brockville 20 - Otttawa 22-23 - Montreal, Quebec 24 - Malone, NY 25 - Watertown 26 - Newark 27 - Niagara Falls 29 - Jackson, MI 30 - Battle Creek July 1 - Kalamazoo, MI 2 - South Bend, IN 3 - Aurora, IL 4 - Racine, WI |
July
6 - Madison 7 - Fond du Lac 8 - Sheboygan 9 - Manitowoc 10 - Appleton 11 - Green Bay 13 - Milwaukee, WI 14 - Portage 15 - Winona, MN 16 - Rochester 17 - Mankato 18 - Mason City, IA 20-21 - Minneapolis, MN 22 - St. Paul 23 - Duluth 24 - Wadena (4 pm only) 25 - Grand Forks, ND 27 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 28 - Grafton, ND 29 - Fargo 30 - Jamestown 31 - Aberdeen, SD August 1 - Watertown, SD 3 - Huron 4 - Mitchell 5 - Sioux Falls 6 - Cherokee, IA 7 - Sioux City 8 - Fremont, NE 10 - Omaha 11 - York 12 - Grand Island (nite cancel'd) 13 - Hastings 14 - Columbus 15 - Norfolk 17 - Lincoln 18 - Atlantic, IA 19 - Des Moines 20 - Boone 21 - Carroll 22 - Ft. Dodge 24 - Albert Lea, MN 25 - Charles City, IA 26 - Waterloo 27 - Marshalltown 28 - Cedar Rapids 29 - Clinton 31 - Davenport September 1 - Freeport, IL 2 - DeKalb 3 - Janesville, WI 4 - Rockford, IL 5 - Sterling 7 - Peoria |
September
8 - Canton, IL 9 - Galesburg 10 - Quincy 11 - Macomb 12 - Jacksonville 14 - Springfield 15 - Decatur 16 - Champaign 17 - Mattoon 18 - Evansville, IN 19 - Owensboro, KY 21 - Louisville 22 - Lexington 23 - Middlesboro (4 pm only) 24 - Knoxville, TN 25 - Johnson City 26 - Bristol 28 - Norfolk, VA 29 - Rocky Mount, NC 30 - Goldsboro October 1 - Raleigh, NC 2 - Durham 3 - Winston-Salem 5 - Charlotte 6 - Spartanburg, SC 7 - Greenville 8 - Anderson 9 - Columbia 10 - Augusta, GA 12 - Atlanta 13 - Macon 14 - Columbus 15 - Montgomery, AL 16 - Birmingham 17 - Decatur 19 - Bowling Green, KY 20 - Nashville, TN 21 - Hopkinsville, KY 22 - Paducah 23 - Jackson, TN 24 - Cairo, IL Season ends |
Ringling Bros. Circus Route, 1915
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April
17-30 - Chicago, IL May 1-2 - Chicago, IL 3-4 - Enroute 5 - Zanesville, OH 6 - Marietta 7 - Fairmont, WV (aft. cancel'd) 8 - Cumberland, MD 10-11 - Washington, DC 12-13 - Baltimore, MD 14 - York, PA 15 - Wilmington, DE 17 - Trenton, NJ 18 - Newark 19 - Plainfield 20 - Jersey City 21 - Paterson 22 - Newburgh, NY 24 - Stamford, CT 25 - Bridgeport 26 - New Haven 27 - Waterbury 28 - Hartford 29 - Holyoke, MA 31 - Boston, MA June 1-5 - Boston, MA 7 - Lynn 8 - Salem 9 - Manchester, NH 10 - Lowell, MA 11 - New Bedford 12 - Providence, RI 14 - Fall River, MA 15 - Worcester 16 - Springfield 17 - Pittsfield 18 - Albany, NY 19 - Utica 21 - Syracuse 22 - Rochester 23 - Buffalo 24 - Jamestown 25 - Erie, PA 26 - Youngstown, OH 28 - Akron 29 - Mansfield 30 - Lima July 1 - Adrian, MI 2 - Owesso 3 - Caro 5 - Saginaw 6 - Greenville 7 - Alma 8 - Cadillac 9 - Petoskey 10 - Traverse City |
July
12 - Muskegon, MI 13 - Allegan 14 - Elkhart, IN 15 - Hillsdale, MI 16 - Auburn, IN 17 - Ft. Wayne 19 - Kankakee, IL 20 - Pontiac 21 - Lincoln 22 - Bloomington 23 - Mendota 24 - Rock Island 26-27 - Kansas City, MO 28 - Junction City, KS 29 - Salina 30 - Great Bend 31 - Hutchinson August 2 - Woodward, OK 3 - Alva 4 - Wellington, KS 5 - Wichita 6 - Enid, OK 7 - Clinton 9 - Oklahoma City 10 - Tulsa 11 - Coffeyville, KS 12 - Joplin, MO 13 - Springfield 14 - Pittsburg, KS 16 - Topeka 17 - St. Joseph, MO 18 - Creston, IA 19 - Chariton (nite cancel'd) 20 - Grinnell 21 - Webster City 23 - Blue Earth, MN 24 - New Ulm 25 - Spencer, IA 26 - Sheldon 27 - Algona 28 - Austin, MN 30 - Faribault 31 - Red Wing September 1 - Spring Valley, MN 2 - Oelwein, IA 3 - Postville 4 - Anamosa 6 - Ottumwa 7 - Muscatine 8 - Burlington 9 - Keokuk 10 - Hannibal, MO 11 - Boonville (nite cancel'd) |
September
13 - Jefferson City, MO 14 - Lexington 15 - Sedalia 16 - Moberly (cancel'd) 17 - Kirksville 18 - Trenton 20 - Centerville, IA 21 - Albany, MO 22 - Cameron 23 - Nebraska City, NE 24 - Falls City (aft. only) 25 - Concordia, KS 27 - Emporia 28 - Iola 29 - Bartlesville, OK 30 - Arkansas City, KS October 1 - Guthrie, OK 2 - Chickasha 4 - Dallas, TX 5 - Ft. Worth 6 - Waco 7 - Temple 8 - Austin 9 - San Antonio 11 - Galveston 12 - Houston 13 - Beaumont 14 - New Iberia, LA 15 - Alexandria 16 - Shreveport 18 - Greenville, TX 19 - Gainesville 20 - Wichita Falls, TX 21 - Altus, OK 22 - Lawton 23 - Hobart 25 - Shawnee 26 - Ada 27 - Sherman, TX 28 - Paris 29 - Texarkana, AR 30 - Little Rock November 1 - Memphis, TN Season ends |
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