1923 – Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Route Book
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, 1923
| April 28 – Louisville, Kentucky 29 – Sunday 30 – Cincinnati, Ohio May 1 – Cincinnati, Ohio 2 – Dayton, Ohio 3 – Chillicothe, Ohio 4 – Portsmouth, Ohio 5 – Ironton, Ohio 6 – Sunday 7 – Blue Field, West Virginia 8 – Pulaski, Virginia 9 – Roanoke, Virginia 10 – Lynchburg, Virginia 11 – Danville, Virginia 12 – Henderson, North Carolina 13 – Sunday 14 – Norfolk, Virginia 15 – Newport News, Virginia 16 – Richmond, Virginia 17 – Charlottesville, Virginia 18 – Staunton, Virginia 19 – Covington, Virginia 20 – Sunday 21 – Charleston, West Virginia 22 – Huntington, West Virginia 23 – Parkersburg, West Virginia 24 – Fairmount, West Virginia 25 – Uniontown, Pennsylvania 26 – Cumberland, Maryland 27 – Sunday 28 – McKeesport, Pennsylvania 29 – Warren, Ohio 30 – Ashtabula, Ohio 31 – Lorain, Ohio June 1 – Monroe, Michigan 2 – Ann Arbor, Michigan 3 – Hamtramck, Michigan (Sunday) 4-6 – Detroit, Michigan 7 – Pontiac, Michigan 8 – Port Huron, Michigan 9 – Flint, Michigan 10 – Sunday 11 – Bay City, Michigan 12 – Owosso, Michigan 13 – Ionia, Michigan 14 – Grand Rapids, Michigan 15 – Benton Harbor, Michigan 16 – Michigan City, Indiana 17 – Sunday 18 – South Bend, Indiana 19 – Fort Wayne, Indiana 20 – Huntington, Indiana 21 – Danville, Illinois 22 – Decatur, Illinois 23 – Springfield, Illinois 25 – Peoria, Illinois 26 – Davenport, Iowa 27 – Iowa City, Iowa 28 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa 29 – Waterloo, Iowa 30 – Marshalltown, Iowa July 1 – Sunday 2 – Des Moines, Iowa 3 – Boone, Iowa 4 – Sac City, Iowa 5 – Sioux City, Iowa 6 – Sioux Falls, South Dakota 7 – Cherokee, Iowa 8 – Sunday 9 – Omaha, Nebraska 10 – Shenandoah, Iowa 11 – Creston, Iowa 12 – Ottumwa, Iowa 13 – Centerville, Iowa 14 – Trenton, Missouri 15 – Sunday 16 – Topeka, Kansas 17 – Lawrence, Kansas 18 – Iola, Kansas 19 – Bartlesville, Oklahoma 20 – Tulsa, Oklahoma 21 – Pawhuska, Oklahoma 22 – Sunday 23 – Wichita, Kansas 24 – Great Bend, Kansas 25 – Dodge City, Kansas 26 – Garden City, Kansas (afternoon only) 27 – Pueblo, Colorado 28 – Colorado Springs, Colorado 29 – Sunday 30-31 – Denver, Colorado |
August 1 – Boulder, Colorado 2 – Greeley, Colorado 3 – Laramie, Wyoming (afternoon only) 4 – Rock Springs, Wyoming 5 – Evanston, Wyoming (Sunday, afternoon only) 6 – Salt Lake City, Utah 7 – Ogden, Utah 8 – Logan, Utah 9 – Pocatello, Idaho 10 – Twin Falls, Idaho 11 – Idaho Falls, Idaho 12 – Dillon, Montana (Sunday, afternoon only) 13 – Anaconda, Montana 14 – Helena, Montana 15 – Bozeman, Montana 16 – Livingston, Montana 17 – Red Lodge, Montana 18 – Billings, Montana 19 – Sunday 20 – Sheridan, Wyoming 21 – Enroute 22 – Scotts Bluff, Nebraska (afternoon only) 23 – Casper, Wyoming 24 – Cheyenne, Wyoming (night only) 25 – Fort Collins, Colorado 26 – Sterling, Colorado (Sunday, afternoon only) 27 – North Platte, Nebraska 28 – Kearney, Nebraska 29 – Hastings, Nebraska 30 – Grand Island, Nebraska 31 – Columbus, Nebraska September 1 – Norfolk, Nebraska 2 – Sunday 3 – Council Bluffs, Iowa 4 – Hiawatha, Kansas 5 – St. Joseph, Missouri 6 – Atchinson, Kansas 7 – Olathe, Kansas (afternoon only) 8 – Springfield, Missouri 9 – Sunday 10 – Fort Smith, Arkansas 11 – McAlester, Oklahoma 12 – Durant, Oklahoma 13 – Ardmore, Oklahoma 14 – Gainesville, Texas 15 – Wichita Falls, Texas 16 – Sunday 17 – Fort Worth, Texas 18 – Dallas, Texas 19 – Waco, Texas 20 – Temple, Texas 21 – Austin, Texas 22 – San Antonio, Texas 23 – Sunday 24 – Galveston, Texas 25 – Houston, Texas 26 – Beaumont, Texas 27 – Port Arthur, Texas 28 – Orange, Texas 29 – Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 – Franklin, Louisiana (Sunday) October 1 – Thibodaux, Louisiana 2 – New Iberia, Louisiana 3 – Crowley, Louisiana 4 – Opelousas, Louisiana (afternoon only) 5 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana 6 – New Orleans, Louisiana 7 – New Orleans, Louisiana (Sunday) 8 – Gulfport, Mississippi 9 – Mobile, Alabama 10 – Pensacola, Florida 11 – Brewton, Alabama (afternoon only) 12 – Selma, Alabama 13 – Demopolis, Alabama 14 – Sunday 15 – Laurel, Mississippi 16 – Hattiesburg, Mississippi 17 – Brookhavne, Mississippi 18 – Natchez, Mississippi 19 – Vicksburg, Mississippi 20 – Greenville, Mississippi 21 – Sunday 22 – Clarkesdale, Mississippi 23 – Greenwood, Mississippi 24 – Yazoo City, Mississippi 25 – Winona, Mississippi 26 – Canton, Mississippi 27 – McComb, Mississippi 28 – Sunday 29 – Jackson, Mississippi 30 – Koscuisko, Mississippi 31 – West Point, Mississippi November 1 – Corinth, Mississippi 2 – Jackson, Tennessee 3 – Dyersburg, Tennessee End of season |
Home run: Dyersburg, Tennessee to Cairo, Illinois, 100 miles; Cairo, Illinois to Mt. Carmel, Illinois, 136 miles; Mt. Carmel, Illinois to West Baden, Indiana, 80 miles. Miles traveled including home run 13,994. Average miles per day, including home run, 82 miles.
Season: 27 weeks, 1 day. Actual show days of season, 169. Sunday stands, 6.
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