In the late 1930s, circuses made tours from late spring to late fall. The circus train would come into Longview in the middle of the night. It came on a rail line that brought freight to warehouses on ...

In America at the turn of the 20th century, circuses traveled by train. They stopped in small towns, unloaded the cars, and set up tents. Inside, humans and animals were dispatched to delight and ...