Wahpeton was buzzing the morning of June 10, 1897. The Ringling Bros. Circus train was pulling into the Great Northern Depot, having just finished shows in Fargo, Grand Forks and Devils Lake.

Main Circus Train Wreck of 1893 will be held next week ... Emmett Kelly-Bello Nock Tent No. 41, John Ringling North II — Steven Ryan Tent NO. 178 of the Circus Fans of America and Freestate ...

Main’s circus train—full of exotic animals ... In the late 1800s, premier traveling shows like Barnum & Bailey, the Ringling Brothers, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and the Walter L.

These stories could come only from circus performers, and in particular one famous circus, the one immortalised as “The Greatest Show on Earth”: the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

The Ringling Your trip won’t be complete unless you visit the iconic Ringling Bros. Circus Train, a charming reminder of a bygone era. Climb aboard and imagine what it must have been like to ...

Sons of poor immigrants in the Midwest, the Ringling Brothers expanded within a decade from a small regional circus to a large traveling circus across the country, and ultimately bought Barnum and ...