Both professional wrestling and mixed martial arts can trace their lineages through the circuses and carnivals that took place on piers and in big tops throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s. It ...
CIRCUS STARS AT HOME; Horse Car Residence of Former Bareback Riders. THEIR GREEN OLD AGE " Jim" Cooke Tells of the Old Days in the Ring, When He Rode with Many Shows. May 13, 1900 The New York Times ...
In many towns throughout southern Delaware, the favorite summertime ritual for youngsters at the turn of the last century may have been the annual arrival of the circus, complete with performers and ...