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Related Historical Markers
This is a list of Wisconsin circus markers.
By Joel S., August 5, 2015
The Circus Marker - map detail
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| Near U.S. 90-94, 2.5 miles west of County Highway CS, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Wisconsin has a unique heritage as the birthplace of circuses. More than a hundred had their beginnings in Wisconsin, with Delavan providing winter-quarters for twenty-six between 1847 and 1894. New York brothers Edmund and Jeremiah Mabie brought . . . — — Map (db m109259) HM |
| On West Walworth Avenue (State Highway 11) at North Vine Street, on the right when traveling west on West Walworth Avenue. |
| | In 1847 two New York brothers, Edmund and Jeremiah Mabie, toured Wisconsin with their United States Olympic Circus. The circus stopped over in Delavan and the brothers took time off to hunt prairie chicken near Delavan Lake. They liked the area so . . . — — Map (db m230139) HM |
| On South Seventh Street at Wisconsin Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Seventh Street. |
| | At this site, March 20, 1871, the first P.T. Barnum Circus was loaded on rail cars and transported to Brooklyn, NY where it made its initial performance on April 10, 1871. The circus was conceived and organized in Delavan by William C. Coup and Dan . . . — — Map (db m109261) HM |
| On State Highway 136, on the right when traveling north. |
| | “The Greatest Show on Earth” was born and grew to maturity in Baraboo, just north of here. When the five Ringling brothers gave the first performance of their "Great Double Shows, Circus and Caravan," May 19, 1884, the main tent was 45 by 90 feet. . . . — — Map (db m185211) HM |
| Near Beloit Avenue north of Delavan Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This site served as the Spring Brook Farm winter quarters for the Burr Robbins Circus from 1874-1888. This show was once reported as the third largest circus in America. In 1874, Burr Robbins bought E.P. Doty's 100-acre farm and converted it into a . . . — — Map (db m109258) HM |
| On Center Avenue at North Water Street on Center Avenue. |
| | Near this site the Lindemann Brothers Circus gave its first performance in 1918. Well established by 1925, the Lindemanns adopted the name Seils-Sterling and their circus became one of the country's greatest motorized shows. In 1937 its 29-week . . . — — Map (db m109262) HM |
May. 6, 2024
