Archives Big Top or Crops? Traveling circuses, with their daring performers and ferocious animals, drew considerable crowds in the 19th century. The incredible feats of courage exhilarated the minds of…Sherri BagleyMay 15, 2019
Archives The Value of a Man: The Muse Brothers of Franklin County People looked at the Muse Brothers, Georgie and Willie, and saw something different. Some saw objects of pity. Some saw objects of ridicule. Some saw…Vince BrooksNovember 23, 2016
Newspapers Advertising the Big Top: 1870s Circus Ads from the Staunton Spectator It’s September 16, 1873 in the sleepy town of Staunton, Virginia. You can only imagine a reader’s excitement at turning to page three of the Staunton…Kelley EwingSeptember 2, 2015