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Sells-Floto Circus
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Routes courtesy of Pfening collection and Bob Cline. There may be spelling errors.
Sells-Floto Shows, 1913
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March
29 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 30 - Sunday 31 - El Paso, Texas April 1 - Douglas, Arizona 2 - Bisbee, Arizona 3 - Tucson, Arizona 4 - Mesa City, Arizona 5 - Phoenix, Arizona 6 - Yuma, Arizona 7 - Redlands, California 8 - Riverside, California 9 - Pomona, California 10-13 - Los Angeles, California 14-15 - San Diego, California 16 - Santa Ana, California 17 - Long Beach, California 18 - Santa Monica, California 19 - Pasadena, California 20 - Mojave, California 21 - Bakersfield, California 22 - Hanford, California 23 - Coalinga, California 24 - Fresno, California 25 - Merced, California 26 - Stockton, California 27 - Richmond, California 28-29 - Oakland, California 30 - Santa Cruz, California May 1-4 - San Francisco, California 5 - San Jose, California 6 - Vallejo, California 7 - San Raphael, California 8 - Petaluma, California 9 - Santa Rosa, California 10 - Napa, California 11 - Roseville, California 12 - Oroville, California 13 - Chico, California 14 - Sacramento, California 15 - Colfax, California 16 - Reno, Nevada 17 - Winnemucca, Nevada 18 - Elko, Nevada 19 - Ogden, Utah 20 - Provo, Utah 21 - Salt Lake City, Utah 22 - Logan, Utah 23 - Pocatello, Idaho 24 - Twin Falls, Idaho 25 - Sunday 26 - Boise, Idaho 27 - Payette, Oregon 28 - Baker City, Oregon 29 - La Grande, Oregon 30 - Pendleton, Oregon 31 - Walla Walla, Washington June 1 - Sunday 2-4 - Portland, Oregon 5 - Albany, Oregon 6 - Eugene, Oregon 7 - Salem, Oregon 8 - Sunday 9-11 - Seattle, Washington 12 - Tacoma, Washington 13 - Aberdeen, Washington 14 - Centralia, Washington 15 - Sunday 16-17 - Vancouver, B.C. Canada 18 - New Westminster, B.C. Canada 19 - Bellingham, Washington 20 - Everett, Washington 21 - Wenatchee, Washington 22 - Sunday 23-24 - Spokane, Washington 25 - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 26 - Sand Point, Idaho 27 - Missoula, Montana 28 - Hamilton, Montana 29 - Deer Lodge, Montana 30 - Anaconda, Montana July 1 - Butte, Montana 2 - Helena, Montana 3 - Bozeman, Montana 4 - Livingston, Montana 5 - Billings, Montana 6 - Sunday 7 - Lewiston, Montana 8 - Great Falls, Montana 9 - Conrad, Montana 10 - Kalispell, Montana 11 - Fernie, B.C. Canada 12 - Lethbridge, Alta. Canada 13 - Sunday 14 - Medicine Hat, Alta. Canada |
July
15-16 - Calgary, Alta. Canada 17 - Red Deer, Alta. Canada 18-19 - Edmonton, Alta. Canada 20 - Sunday 21 - Saskatoon, Sask. Canada 22 Regina, Sask. Canada 23 - Moose Jaw, Sask. Canada 24 - Indian Haed, Sask. Canada 25 - Brandon, Man. Canada 26 - Portage La Prairie, Man. Canada 27 - Sunday 28-30 - Winnipeg, Man. Canada 31 - Kenora, Ont. Canada August 1 - Port Arthur, Ont. Canada 2 - Ft. William, Ont. Canada 3 - Sunday 4 - Sudbury, Ont. Canada 5 - Parry Sound, Ont. Canada 6 - Lindsay, Ont. Canada 7 - Belleville, Ont. Canada 8 - Kingston, Ont. Canada 9 - Beckwith, Ont. Canada 10 - Sunday 11 - Cornwall, Ont. Canada 12-14 - Montreal, Que. Canada 15 - Three Rivers, Que. Canada 16 - Quebec, Que. Canada 17 - Sunday 18 - Ottawa, Ont. Canada 19 - Smith Falls, Ont. Canada 20 - Peterboro, Ont. Canada 21-22 - Toronto, Ont. Canada 23 - Guelph, Ont. Canada 24 - Sunday 25 - Hamilton, Ont. Canada 26 - Brantford, Ont. Canada 27 - Stratford, Ont. Canada 28 - London, Ont. Canada 29 - St. Thoms, Ont. Canada 30 - Windsor, Ont. Canada 31 - Sunday September 1 - Detroit, Michigan (Jefferson Ave.) 2 - Detroit, Michigan (West Detroit) 3 - Port Huron, Michigan 4 - Flint, Michigan 5 - Lansing, Michigan 6 - Battle Creek, Michigan 7 - Sunday 8 - South Bend, Indiana 9 - Logansport, Indiana 10 - Marion, Indiana 11 - Piqua, Ohio 12 - Dayton, Ohio 13 - Hamilton, Ohio 14 - Sunday 15 - Springfield, Ohio 16 - Columbus, Ohio 17 - Zanesville, Ohio 18 - Wheeling, West Virginia 19 - Fairmont, West Virginia 20 - Morgantown, West Virginia 21 - Sunday 22 - Clarksburg, West Virginia 23 - Parkersburg, West Virginia 24 - Huntington, West Virginia 25 - Portsmouth, Ohio 26 - Chillicothe, Ohio 27 - Washington Court House, Ohio 28 - Sunday 29 - Louisville, Kentucky 30 - Owensboro, Kentucky October 1 - Evansville, Indiana 2 - Princeton, Kentucky 3 - Paducah, Kentucky 4 - Jackson, Tennessee 5 - Sunday 6 - Memphis, Tennessee 7 - Helena, Arkansas 8 - Dermott, Arkansas 9 - Pine Bluff, Arkansas 10 - Little Rock, Arkansas 11 - Conway, Arkansas 12 - Sunday 13 - Fort Smith, Arkansas 14 - Muskogee, Oklahoma 15 - Tulsa, Oklahoma 16 - McAlester, Oklahoma 17 - Durant, Oklahoma 18 - Shawnee, Oklahoma 19 - Sunday 20 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 21 - Elk City, Oklahoma 22 - Amarillo, Texas Season closes |
H. H. Tammen, F. E. Bonfils, Frank Tammen, Otto Floto, Wm. Sells. General offices, 236 Symes Bldg., Denver, Colorad. Winter quarters Denver, Colorado.
Buffalo Bill & Sells-Floto Shows, 1914
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March
28 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 30 - El Paso, Texas 31 - Douglas, Arizona April 1 - Tucson, Arizona 2 - Phoenix, Arizona 3 - Yuma, Arizona 4 - Redlands, California 5 - Sunday 6 - San Diego, California 7 - Santa Ana, California 8 - Riverside, California 9 - Pomona, California 10 - Long Beach, California 11 - Pasadena, California 12 - Venice, California 13-15 - Los Angeles, California 16 - Santa Barabar, California 17 - San Luis Obispo, California 18 - Santa Cruz, California 19 - Richmond, California 20-21 - Oakland, California 22-26 - San Francisco, California 27 - San Jose, California 28 - Vallejo, California 29 - Petaluma, California 30 - Santa Rosa, California May 1 - Berkeley, California 2 - Modesto, California 3 - Sunday 4 - Hanford, California 5 - Fresno, California 6 - Stockton, California 7 - Sacramento, California 8 - Chico, California 9 - Redding, California 10 - Montague, California 11 - Medford, Oregon 12 - Roseburg, Oregon 13 - Eugene, Oregon 14 - Salem, Oregon 15 - Albany, Oregon 16 - McMinnville, Oregon 17 - Sunday 18-19 - Portland, Oregon 20 - Centralia, Washington 21 - Aberdeen, Washington 22 - Tacoma, Washington 23 - Sedro-Wooley, Washington 24 - Sunday 25 - Vancouver, Washington 26 - Bellingham, Washington 27 - Everett, Washington 28-30 - Seattle, Washington 31 - Cle Elum, Washington June 1 - North Yakima, Washington 2 - Walla Walla, Washington 3 - Pendleton, Oregon 4 - Baker City, Oregon 5 - Payette, Idaho 6 - Boise, Idaho 7 - Sunday 8 - Twin Falls, Idaho 9 - Pocatello, Idaho 10 - Logan, Utah 11 - Salt Lake City, Utah 12 - Ogden, Utah 13 - Rock Springs, Wyoming 14 - Sunday 15 - Greeley, Colorado 16-17 - Denver, Colorado 18 - Colorado Springs, Colorado 19 - Pueblo, Colorado 20 - La Junta, Colorado 21 - Sunday 22 - Hutchinson, Kansas 23 - Wichita, Kansas 24 - Emporia, Kansas 25 - Topeka, Kansas 26-27 - Kansas City, Kansas 28 - Sunday 29 - Lincoln, Nebraska 30 - Omaha, Nebraska July 1 - Sioux City, Iowa 2 - Yankton, South Dakota 3 - Mitchell, South Dakota 4 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota 5 - Sunday 6-7 - Minneapolis, Minnesota 8 - St. Paul, Minnesota 9 - St. Cloud, Minnesota 10 - Fargo, North Dakota |
July
11 - Grand Forks, North Dakota 12 - Sunday 13-14 - St. Boniface, Man. Canada 15 - Barndon, Man. Canada 16 - Weyburn, Sask. Canada 17 - Moose Jaw, Sask. Canada 18 - Regina, Sask. Canada 19 - Sunday 20 - Saskatoon, Sask. Canada 21 - North Battleford, Sask. Canada 22-23 - Edmonton, Albt. Canada 24-25 - Calgary, Albt. Canada 26 - Sunday 27 - Medicine Hat, Albt. Canada 28 - Lethbridge, Albt. Canada 29 - Fernie, B.C. Canada 30 - Kalispell, Montana 31 - Sandpoint, Idaho August 1 - Spokane, Washington 2 - Sunday 3 - Missoula, Montana 4 - Butte, Montana 5 - Helena, Montana 6 - Great Falls, Montana 7 - Lewiston, Montana 8 - Billings, Montana 9 - Sunday 10 - Sheridan, Wyoming 11 - Edgemont, South Dakota 12 - Alliance, Nebraska 13 - Garnd Island, Nebraska 14 - Columbus, Nebraska 15 - Beatrice, Nebraska 16 - Sunday 17 - St. Joseph, Missouri 18 - Creston, Iowa 19 - Des Moines, Iowa 20 - Iowa City, Iowa 21 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 22 - Dubuque, Iowa 23 - Sunday 24 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 25 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin 26 - Racine, Wisconsin 27- Waukegan, Illinois 28 - Gary, Indiana 29 - Elkhart, Indiana 30 - Sunday 31 - Grand Rapids, Michigan September 1 - Kalamazoo, Michigan 2 - Battle Creek, Michigan 3 - Jackson, Michigan 4 - Lansing, Michigan 5 - Saginaw, Michigan 6 - Sunday 7 - Detroit, Michigan 8 - Toledo, Ohio 9-10 - Cleveland, Ohio 11 - Akron, Ohio 12 - Canton, Ohio 13 - Sunday 14 - Columbus, Ohio 15 - Springfield, Ohio 16 - Dayton, Ohio 17 - Hamilton, Ohio 18 - Richmond, Indiana 19 - Muncie, Indiana 20 - Sunday 21 - Indianapolis, Indiana 22 - Terre Haute, Indiana 23 - Danville, Illinois 24 - Bloomington, Illinois 25 - Alton, Illinois 26 - Hannibal, Missouri 27 - Sunday 28 - Moberly, Missouri 29 - Sedalia, Missouri 30 - Fort Scott, Kansas October 1 - Pittsburg, Kansas 2 - Independence, Kansas 3 - Winfield, Kansas 4 - Sunday 5 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 6 - Ardmore, Oklahoma 7 - Gainesville, Texas 8 - Denison, Texas 9 - Durant, Oklahoma 10 - Dallas, Texas 11 - Sunday 12 - Dallas, Texas 13 - Fort Worth, Texas 14 - Wichita Falls, Texas Season ends |
Winter quarters, Denver, Colorado.
Sells-Floto Circus, 1918
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April
6 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 7 - Sunday 8 - El Paso, Texas 9 - Las Cruces, New Mexico 10 - Silver City, New Mexico 11 - Deming, New Mexico 12 - Douglas, Arizona 13 - Bisbee, Arizona (lost, bridge out) 14 - Benson, Arizona 15 - Miami, Arizona 16 - Globe, Arizona 17 - Safford, Arizona (aft. only) Lost due to Small Pox, played Wilcox, AZ instead) 18 - Tucson, Arizona 19 - Phoenix, Arizona 20 - Yuma, Arizona 21 - Sunday 22 - El Centro, California 23 - San Bernardino, California 24 - Riverside, California 25 - Pomona, California 26 - Anaheim, California 27 - San Diego, California 28 - Sunday 29 - Santa Ana, California 30 - Long Beach, California May 1 - Pasadena, California 2-4 - Los Angeles, California 5 - Sunday 6 - Oxnard, California 7 - Santa Barbara, California 8 - San Luis Obispo, California 9 - Salinas, California 10 - Santa Cruz, California 11 - Palo Alto, California 12 - Sunday 13 - Modesto, California 14 - Fresno, California 15 - Hanford, California 16 - Coalinga, California 17 - Porterville, California 18 - Taft, California 19 - Sunday 20 - Bakersfield, California 21 - Visalia, California 22 - Selma, California 23 - Merced, California 24 - Stockton, California 25 - Richmond, California 26 - Sunday 27 - Santa Rosa, California 28 - Oakland, California 29 - San Jose, California 30-31 - San Francisco, California June 1-2 - San Francisco, California 3 - Vallejo, California 4 - Sacramento, California 5 - Chico, California 6 - Redding, California 7 - Montague, California 8 - Medford, Oregon 9 - Sunday 10- Marshfield, Oregon 11 - Eugene, Oregon 12 - Albany, Oregon 13 - Salem, Oregon 14 - McMinnville, Oregon 15 - Vancouver, Washington 16 - Sunday 17-18 - Portland, Oregon 19 - Centralia, Washington 20 - Aberdeen, Washington 21 - Olympia, Washington 22 - Tacoma, Washington 23 - Sunday 24-25 - Seattle, Washington 26 - Bellingham, Washington 27 - Sedro Wooley, Washington 28 - Everett, Washington 29 - Wenatchee, Washington 30 - Sunday July 1 - Spokane, Washington 2 - Moscow, Idaho 3 - Pomeroy, Washington (lost, wreck) 4 - Walla Walla, Washington |
July
5 - Pendelton, Oregon 6 - La Grande, Oregon 7 - Sunday 8 - Boise, Idaho 9 - Shoshone, Idaho (one show) 10 - Ogden, Utah 11 - Salt Lake City, Utah 12 - Enroute 13 - Chevenne, Wyoming 14 - Sunday 15 - Denver, Colorado 16 - Pueblo, Colorado 17 - Colorado Springs, Colorado 18 - Boulder, Colorado 19 - Fort Collins, Colorado 20 - Greeley, Colorado 21 - Sunday 22 - Alliance, Nebraska (aft. only) 23 - Broken Bow, Nebraska 24 - Grand Island, Nebraska 25 - York, Nebraska 26 - Seward, Nebraska 27 - Beatrice, Nebraska 28 - Sunday 29 - Shenandoah, Iowa 30 - Creston, Iowa 31 - Leon, Iowa August 1 - Chariton, Iowa 2 - Ottumwa, Iowa 3 - Sigourney, Iowa 4 - Sunday 5 - Washington, Iowa 6 - Rock Island, Illinois 7 - Iowa City, Iowa 8 - Newton, Iowa 9 - Atlantic, Iowa 10 - Audubon, Iowa 11 - Sunday 12 - Jefferson, Iowa 13 - Ames, Iowa 14 - Iowa Falls, Iowa 15 - Vinton, Iowa 16 - Muscatine, Iowa 17 - Fairfield, Iowa 18 - Sunday 19 - Burlington, Iowa 20 - Centerville, Iowa 21 - Milan, Missouri 22 - Brookfield, Missouri 23 - Hannibal, Missouri 24 - Louisiana, Missouri 25 - Sunday 26 - Fulton, Missouri 27 - Mexico, Missouri 28 - Columbia, Missouri 29 - Moberly, Missouri 30 - Carrollton, Missouri 31 - St. Joseph, Missouri September 1 - Sunday 2 - Kansas City, Missouri (lost, rain & mud) 3 - Holton, Kansas 4 - Horton, Kansas (lost, rain & mud) 5 - Fairbury, Nebraska 6 - Clay Center, Kansas 7 - Army City, Kansas 8 - Sunday 9 - Abilene, Kansas 10 - Newton, Kansas 11 - Wellington, Kansas 12 - Independence, Kansas 13 - Winfield, Kansas 14 - Ponca City, Oklahoma 15 - Sunday 16 - Alva, Oklahoma 17 - Anthony, Kansas 18 - Pratt, Kansas 19 - Wichita, Kansas 20 - Stafford, Kansas 21 - Larned, Kansas 22 - Sunday 23 - Garden City, Kansas 24 - Lamar, Colorado 25 - Las Animas, Colorado 26 - La Junta, Colorado 27 - Trinidad, Colorado 28 - Walsenburg, Colorado Season ends |
Tammen & Bonfils, owners. Winter quarters, Denver, Colorado.
Sells-Floto Circus, 1920
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April
3-24 - Chicago, Illinois 26-29 - St. Louis, Missouri 30 - Terre Haute, Indiana May 1 - Indianapolis, Indiana 2 - Akron, Ohio 3 - Youngstown, Ohio 4 - Alleghney, Pennsylvania 5 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania 6 - Altoona, Pennsylvania 7 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 10-11 - Washington, DC 12-13 - Baltimore, Maryland 14 - Coatesville, Pennsylvania 15 - Wilmington, Delaward 17 - Allentown, Pennsylvania 18 - Reading, Pennsylvania 19 - Williamsport, Pennsylvania 20 - Elmira, New York 21 - Einghamton, New York 22 - Albany, New York 24-25 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada 26 - Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 27 - Berlin, New Hampshire 28 - Lewiston, Maine 29 - Portland, Maine 31 - Boston, Massachusetts June 1-5 - Boston, Massachusetts 7 - Springfield, Massachusetts 8 - Holyoke, Massachusetts 9 - Worchester, Massachusetts 10 - Lowell, Massachusetts 11 - Manchester, New Hampshire 12 - Fitchburg, Massachusetts 14 - Schenectady, New York 15 - Gloversville, New York 16 - Utica, New York 17 - Auburn, New York 18 - Amsterdam, New York 19 - Kingston, New York 21 - Newark, New Jersey 22 - Long Branch, New Jersey 23 - New Brunswick, New Jersey 24 - Trenton, New Jersey 25 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania 26 - York, Pennsylvania 28 - Wheeling, West Virginia 29 - Zanesville, Ohio 30 - Columbus, Ohio July 1 - Springfield, Ohio 2 - Toledo, Ohio 3 - Flint, Michigan 5-7 - Detroit, Michigan 8 - Jackson, Michigan 9 - Grand Rapids, Michigan 10 - Kalamazoo, Michigan 11 - Kensington, Illinois 12 - Aurora, Illinois 13 - Princeton, Illinois 14 - Rock Island, Illinois 15 - Burlington, Iowa 16 - Hannibal, Missouri 17 - Macon, Missouri 18-19 - Kansas City, Missouri 20 - Topeka, Kansas 21 - Junction City, Kansas 22 - Concordia, Kansas 23 - Hastings, Nebraska 24 - Gothenburg, Nebraska 26-27 - Denver, Colorado |
July
28 - Colorado Springs, Colorado 29 - Canon City, Colorado 30 - Pueblo, Colorado 31 - Trinidad, Colorado August 2 - Great Bend, Kansas 3 - Hutchinson, Kansas 4 - Wichita, Kansas 5 - Arkansas City, Kansas 6 - Guthrie, Oklahoma 7 - Enid, Oklahoma 9 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 10 - Ardmore, Oklahoma 11 - Shawnee, Oklahoma 12 - Cushing, Oklahoma 13 - Tulsa, Oklahoma 14 - Bartlesville, Oklahoma 15-16 - Kansas City, Kansas 17 - Carrollton, Missouri 18 - Fort Madison, Iowa 19 - Kewanee, Illinois 20 - Rockford, Illinois 21-22 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 23 - Waukegan, Illinois 24 - Gary, Indiana 25 - Ft. Wayne, Indiana 26 - Marion, Indiana 27 - Muncie, Indiana 28 - LaFayette, Indiana 30 - Decatur, Indiana 31 - Dixon, Illinois September 1 - Clinton, Iowa 2 - Dubuque, Iowa 3 - Waterloo, Iowa 4 - Des Moies, Iowa 6 - Council Bluffs, Iowa 7-10 - Lincoln, Nebraska 11 - Manhattan, Kansas 13 - Salina, Kansas 14 - Eldorado, Kansas 15 - Iola, Kansas 16 - Ft. Scott, Kansas 17 - Pittsburg, Kansas 18 - Parsons, Kansas 20 - Muskogee, Oklahoma 21 - McAllister, Oklahoma 22 - Denison, Texas 23 - McKinney, Texas 24 - Pittsburg, Texas 25 - Shreveport, Louisiana 27 - DeRidder, Louisiana 28 - Port Arthur, Texas 29 - Beaumont, Texas 30 - Eunice, Louisiana October 1 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2-3 - New Orleans, Louisiana 4 - Gulfport, Mississippi 5 - Mobile, Alabama 6 - Hattieburg, Mississippi 7 - Brookhaven, Mississippi 8 - Yazoo City, Mississippi 9 - Kosciusko, Mississippi 11 - Greenwood, Mississippi 12 - Water Valley, Mississippi 13 - Holly Springs, Mississippi 14 - Jackson, Tennessee (or Mississippi) 15 - Paducah, Kentucky 16 - Murphysboro, Illinois 17 - East St. Louis, Illinois End of season |
In December 1920, Sells-Floto, Tammen and Bonfils, owner, was sold to Mugivan and Bowers. Passed into the hands of John Ringling, September 1920. At the close of the season, 1932, the show was retired for good.
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