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Yankee Robinson's Circus Routes 1918-1920
Routes courtesy of John Polacsek.
Yankee Robinson Circus Route 1918
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April
20 - Madrid, Ia 22 - Fonda 23 - Spirit Lake 24 - Algona 25 - Charles City 26 - Cresco 29 - Guttenberg 29 - Savana 30 - Dewitt May 1 - Tipton, Iowa 2 - Traer 3 - Belle Plaine 4 - Buxton 6 - Newton 7 - Oskaloosa 8 - Montezuma 9 - Eldora 10 - Story City 11 - Gowrie 13 - Storm Lake 14 - Estherville 15 - Luverne, Minn 16 - Rock Rapids, Ia 17 - Salem, SD 18 - Huron 20 - Miller 21 - De Smet 22 - Parker 23 - Paulina 24 - Yankton, SD 25 - Wagner 27 - Parkston 28 - Kimball 29 - Woonsocket 30 - Sioux Falls 31 - Flandreau June 1 - Landgford, SD 3 - Webster 4 - Millbank 5 - Sisseton 6 - Wheaton, Minn 7 - Appleton 8 - Morris 11 - Alexandria 12 - Furgus Falls 12 - Wadena 13 - Little Falls 14 - Aitkin 15 - Duluth 17 - Two Harbors 18 - Eveleth 19 - Chisholm 20 - Hibbing 21 - Virginia 22 - Coleraine 24 - Bemidji 25 - Brainard 26 - Detroit 27 - Valley City, ND 28 - Carrington 29 - Edgeley July 1 - Madison, SD 2 - Howarden, Ia 3 - Tynall, SD 4 - Platt 5 - Menno 6 - Canton 8 - Plankton 9 - Redfield 10 - Clark 11 - Faulkton 12 - Gettysburg 13 - Pierre |
July
15 - Rapid City 16 - Belle Fouche 17 - Hot Springs 18 - Gordon, Neb 19 - Harrison 20 - Casper, Wyo 22 - Scotts Bluff, Neb 23 - Sidney 24 - North Platte 25 - Lexington 26 - Ord 27 - Loup City 29 - St. Paul 30 - Kearney 31 - Holdrege 1 - McCook, Neb 2 - Beaver City 3 - Oberlin, Kansas 5 - Norton 6 - Colley 7 - Hill City 8 - Plainville 9 - Beloit 10 - Superior, Neb 12 - David City 13 - Logan, Iowa 14 - Onawa 15 - Ida Grove 16 - Sac City 17 - Manning 19- Webster City 20 - Ogden 21 - Humbolt 22 - Brett 23 - Hampton 24 - Gurndy Centre 26 - Clarion 27 - Emmettsburg 28- Sheldon 29 - Worthington, Minn 30 - Le Mars, Iowa 31 - Wayne September 2 - Norfolk, Neb 3 - Spencer 4 - Winner, SD 5 - Creighton, Neb 6 - Neligh 7 - Atkinson 9 - Albion 10 - Columbus 11 - Tecumseh 12 - Hebron 13 - Washington, Kansas 14 - Concordia 16 - Eldonado 17 - Blackwell, Oklahoma 18 - Perry 19 - Stillwater 20 - Cushing 21 - Pawnee 23 - Vinita 24 - Miami 25 - Sapulpa 26 - Tahlequah 27 - Fayetteville, Arkansas 28 - Rogers 30 - Aurora October 1 - West Plains, MO 2 - Walnut Ridge, Ark 3 - Wymie 4 - Brinkley 5 - N. Little Rock 7 - England 8 - Dewitt 9 - Claredon 10 - Stuttgart Season Ends |
Yankee Robinson Circus Route 1919
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April
19 - Perry, Iowa 21 - Rockwell City 22 - Spencer 23 - Algona 24 - Mason City 25 - Charles City 26 - McGregor 28 - Dubuque 29 - Manchester 30 - Independence May 1 - West Union, Iowa 2 - Decorah 3 - Oelwein 5 - Osage 6 - Albert Lea 7 - Forest City 8 - Iowa Falls 9 - Nevada 10 - Winterset 12 - Gutherie Center 13 - Anita 14 - Harlan 15 - Ft. Dodge 16 - Cherokee 17 - Sioux City 19 - Centerville, SD 20 - Yankton 21 - Wagner 22 - Scotland 23 - Mitchell 24 - Kimball 26 - Wessington 27 - Howard 28 - Lake Preston 29 - Huron 30 - Benton, Minn 31 - Canby June 2 - Roland, SD 3 - Aberdeen 4 - Oakes, ND 5 - Lisbon 6 - Jamestown 7 - New Rockford 9 - Hannaford 10 - Fargo 11 - Hillsboro 12 - Northwood 13 - Devils Lake 14 - Minto 16 - Rugby 17 - Lakota 18 - Grand Forks, ND 19 - Ada, Minn 20 - Wahpeton, ND 21 - Ortonville, Minn 23 - Redfield, SD 24 - Miller 25 - Brookings 26 - Watertown 27 - Pipestone, Minn 28 - Luverne 30 - Hartington, Neb July 1 - Wayne, Neb 2 - Norfolk 3 - Bonesteel, SD 4 - Colome ? 5 - Niobrara 7 - Missouri Valley, Ia 8 - Jefferson 9 - Spirit Lake 10 - Canton, SD 11 - Bridgewater 12 - Chamberlain 14 - Rapid City 15 - Chadion, Neb 16 - Rushville 17 - Hot Springs 18 - Deadwood 19 - Edgemont 21 - Scotts Bluff, Neb 22 - Alliance 23 - Mullen 24 - Broken Bow 25 - Ravena ? 26 - Grand Island 28 - Maryville, Kan 29 - Manhattan 30 - Belleville 31 - Smith Center |
August
1 - Ladysmth, Kan 2 - Medford 4 - Minneapolis 5 - Ellsworth 6 - McPherson 7 - Larned 8 - Kingman 9 - Pratt 11 - Woodward, OK 12 - Alva 13 - Wellington, Kan 14 - Arkansas 15 - Fredonia 16 - Fort Scott 18 - Clinton, Mo 19 - Booneville 20 - Lexington 21 - Marshall 22 - Mexico 23 - Louisiana 25 - Macon 26 - Brookfield 27 - Milan 28 - Unionville 29 - Chillicothe 30 - Marysville September 1 - Nebraska City, Neb 2-5 - Lincoln 6 - Horton, Kan 10 - Guymon, OK 11 - Dalhart, Tex 12 - Tucumcari, NM 13 - Amarillo, Tex 15 - Roswell, NM 16 - Clovis 17 - Lubbock, Tex 18 - Plainview 19 - Snyder 20 - Sweetwater 22 - San Angelo 23 - Hamlin 24 - Chillicothe 25 - Altus, OK 26 - Hollis 27 - Frederick 29 - Mangum 30 - Elk City October 1 - Clinton, OK 2 - El Reno 3 - Holdenville 4 - McAlister 6 - Coalgate 7 - Durant 8 - Hugo 9 - Hope, Ark 10 - Camden 11 - Pine Bluff 13 - England 14 - Fordyce 15 - Stamps 16 - Minden, La 17 - Alexandria 18 - Monroe 20 - Eldorado, Ark 21 - Arkadelphia 22 - Conway 23 - Wynne 24 - Paragould 25 - Blytheville 27 - Cape Griadeau ? 28 - Poplar Bluff 29 - Dexter 30 - Jonesboro 31 - Newport November 1 - Batesville, Ark 3 - Pine Bluff 4 - Malvern 5 - Hot Springs 6 - Prescott 7 - Nashville 8 - Texarkana 10 - Shreveport, LA 11 - Ashtown, Ark 12 - Ivabell, OK 13 - Madill 14 - Sherman, Tex 15 - Denison Season ends |
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Yankee Robinson Circus Route 1920
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April
22 - Boone, Ia 23 - Coon Rapids 24 - Council Bluffs 26 - Red Oak 27 - Clarinda 28 - Creston 29 - Chariton 30 - Centerville May 1 - Bloomfield, Ia 3 - Quincy, Ill 4 - Hannibal, Mo 5 - Ft. Madison, Ia 6 - Mt. Pleasant 7 - Monmouth, Ill 8 - Rock Island 10 - Clinton, Ia 11 - Cedar Rapids 12 - Marshalltown 13 - Waterloo 14 - Webster 15 - Manson 17 - Storm Lake 18 - Lemars 19 - Sioux City 20 - Vermillion, SD 21 - Wagner 22 - Platte, SD 24 - Mitchell 25 - Parker 26 - Sioux Falls 27 - Madison 28 - Fulda, Minn 29 - Jackison 31 - Fairmount June 1 - Spring Valley, Minn 2 - LaCrosse, Wisc 3 - Rocherster, Minn 4 - Winona 5 - Grand Rapids, Wisc 7 - Sturgeon Bay 8 - Green Bay 9 - Iron Mountain, Mich 10 - Iron River 11 - Hancock (Houghton) 12 - Calumet 14 - Marquette 15 - Newberry 16 - Sault St. Marie 17 - Manistique 18 - Escanaba 19 - Menominee 21 - Sheboygan, Wisc 22 - Racine 23 - Janesville 24 - Freeport, Ill 25 - Elgin 26 - Aurora 28 - Sterling 29 - Galesburg 30 - Burlingtonkl Ia July 1 - Washington, Ia 2 - Oskaloosa 3 - Knoxville 4-5 - Des Moines 6 - Marshalltown 7 - Mason City 8 - Faribault 9 - Cresco 10 - Dubuque 12 - Streator, Ill 13 - Poniac 14 - Bloomington 15 - Lincoln 16 - Springfield 17 - E. St. Louis 19 - Moberly, Mo 20 - Kirksville 21 - Albia, Ia 22 - Lamori 23 - Bethany 14 - St. Joseph 26 - Tecumseh, Neb 27 - York 28 - Kearney 29 - Holdrege 30 - McCook August 2 - Beatrice, Neb 3 - Falls City 4 - Atchison, KS 5 - Richmond, Mo 6 - Callollton 7 - Ottawa, KS 9 - Chanute 10 - Joplin, Mo 11 - Nevada 12 - Clinton 13 - Bolivar 14 - Springfield |
August
16 - Fayetteville, Ark 17 - Tahlequah, OK 18 - Okmulgee 19 - Henryetta 20 - Muskogee 21 - Paw Huska 23 - Newton, KS 24 - Lyons 25 - Salina 26 - Beloit 27 - Osborne 28 - Stockton 30 - Superior 31 - Fairbury September 2 - Beatrice, Neb 3 - Falls City 4 - Atchison, KS 5 - Richmond, Mo 6 - Callollton 7 - Ottawa, KS 9 - Chanute 10 - Joplin, Mo 11 - Nevada 12 - Clinton 13 - Bolivar 14 - Springfield 16 - Fayetteville, Ark 17 - Tahlequah, OK 18 - Okmulgee 19 - Henryetta 20 - Muskogee 21 - Paw Huska 23 - Newton, KS 24 - Lyons 25 - Salina 26 - Beloit 27 - Osborne 28 - Stockton 30 - Superior 31 - Fairbury September 1 - Hebron, Neb 2 - Blue Hill 3 - Alma 4 - Oberlin, KS 6 - Norton 7 - Colby 8 - Ellis 9 - Russell 10 - Ellsworth 11 - Abilene 13 - Eureka 14 - Winfield 15 - Stafford 16 - Dodge City 17 - Elkhart 18 - Kinsley 20 - Anthony 21 - Ponca City, OK 22 - Pawnee 23 - Stillwater 24 - Guthrie 25 - Chandler 27 - Kingfisher 28 - Chickasha 29 - Hobart 30 - Anadarko October 1 - Lawton, OK 2 - Walters 4 - Waurika 5 - Marlow 6 - Lindsay 7 - Sulphur 8 - Pauls Valley 9 - Ada 11 - Coalgate 12 - Tishomingo 13 - Ardmore 14 - Marietta 15 - Shawnee 16 - Drumtight 18 - Okemah 19 - Quinton 20 - Ft. Smith, Ark 21 - Clarksville 22 - Morrillton 23 - Ozark 25 - Caney, KS 26 - Bartlesville, OK 27 - Cleveland 28 - Yale 29 - Perry 30 - Cherokee November 1 - Fairview, OK Season ends |
Des Moines, Iowa, November 11, 1920: "The Yankee Robinson Circus was sold in its entirety to Wm. P. Hall of Lancaster, MO today by Fred Buchanan."
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