When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shut down in 2017 it donated or sold off the railroad cars that made up the two, mile-long trains that carried performers, animals and equipment to ...
PITTSFIELD — Just checking in on Jack Trowill, the man who, for decades, would travel over hill and dale with his projector, his slides, his notes and his memories. He’d be at the beck and call of any ...
A couple years ago, radio host Chris Nolte from our Northwest Indiana Lakeshore Public Media NPR, asked me to be a guest on his lunchtime broadcast of his show “Regionally Speaking” on 89.1 FM to talk ...
In Hugo, Oklahoma, you can visit the Showmen's Rest area of the Woodlawn Cemetery to see the graves of circus performers from ...
1967 Railroads are Fun: Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey and Sparks Circus train, unloading train, parade, and circus grounds in Baraboo and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1964 —SILENT FILM CLIP This film ...
Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Jared Daughenbaugh gets help from his son, Brodie, 3, laying the wreath at the 130 year anniversary of the Walter L. Main circus train wreck in Vail on Wednesday ...
As part of the Orlando Sentinel’s 150th birthday this year, we’ve asked former staffers to write about memorable stories they covered during their time at the newspaper and give some behind-the-scenes ...