On March 25, 1913, the Mississenewa River in front of the circus winter quarters experienced a unfathomable flood killing all the caged animals and 8 elephants. Ben Wallace and team started trying to rent or lease animals, buy if needed to get the show on the road a month later.
On June 11, 1913, in the City of Indianapolis, Ind., O. E. Cory, John O. Talbott, J. B. Warren, Ed. Ballard and Chas. Hagaman filed papers of incorporation for the Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wallace Shows Company, which is to take over the circus property. Ben Wallace was retiring as a circus owner.
The show will return to the Peru winter quarters in the fall having now leased the quarters from Ben Wallace.
Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows Circus, 1913
| April 24-25 – Peru, Indiana 26 – Marion, Indiana 27 – Sunday 28 – Newark, Ohio 29 – Coshocton, Ohio 30 – Canton, Ohio May 1 – Akron, Ohio 2 – Youngstown, Ohio 3 – New Castle, Pennsylvania 4 – Sunday 5 – Wheeling, West Virginia 6 – Washington, Pennsylvania 7 – Uniontown, Pennsylvania 8 – Fairmount, West Virginia 9 – Connellsville, Pennsylvania 10 – Greensburg, Pennsylvania 11 – Sunday 12 – Johnstown, Pennsylvania 13 – Altoona, Pennsylvania 14 – Huntington, Pennsylvania 15 – Lewistown, Pennsylvania 16 – Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17 – Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 18 – Sunday 19 – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 20 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania 21 – Coatesville, Pennsylvania 22 – Wilmington, Deleware 23 – Camden, New Jersey 24 – Bridgeton, New Jersey 25 – Sunday 26-31 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 1 – Sunday 2 – Trenton, New Jersey 3 – New Brunswick, New Jersey 4-5 – Newark, New Jersey 6 – Easton, Pennsylvania 7 – Allentown, Pennsylvania 8 – Sunday 9 – Reading, Pennsylvania 10 – Norristown, Pennsylvania 11 – Lebanon, Pennsylvania 12 – Pottsville, Pennsylvania 13 – Shamokin, Pennsylvania 14 – Milton, Pennsylvania 15 – Sunday 16 – Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17 – Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 18 – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 19 – Scranton, Pennsylvania 20 – Binghampton, New York 21 – Elmira, New York 22 – Sunday 23 – Utica, New York 24 – Oswego, New York 25 – Watertown, New York 26 – Rome, New York 27 – Gloversville, New York 28 – Amsterdam, New York 29 – Sunday 30 – Peekskill, New York July 1 – Poughkeepsie, New York 2 – Troy, New York 3 – Albany, New York 4 – Hudson, New York 5 – Schenectady, New York 6 – Sunday 7 – Syracuse, New York 8 – Newark, New York 9 – Lockport, New York 10-11 – Buffalo, New York 12 – Erie, Pennsylvania 13 – Sunday 14-15 – Cleveland, Ohio 16 – Sandusky, Ohio 17 – Toledo, Ohio 18 – Jackson, Michigan 19 – Ann Arbor, Michigan 20 – Sunday 21-22 – Detroit, Michigan 23 – Port Huron, Michigan 24 – Lapeer, Michigan 25 – Bay City, Michigan 26 – Owosso, Michigan 27 – Sunday 28 – Grand Rapids, Michigan 29 – Kalamazoo, Michigan 30 – Elkhart, Indiana 31 – Kendallville, Indiana August 1 – Auburn, Indiana 2 – Columbia City, Indiana 3 – Sunday 4 – Frankfort, Indiana 5 – Kokomo, Indiana |
August 6 – Bluffton, Indiana 7 – New Castle, Indiana 8 – Dayton, Ohio 9 – Richmond, Indiana 10 – Sunday 11 – Elwood, Indiana 12 – Nobelsville, Indiana 13 – Hartford City, Indiana 14 – Muncie, Indiana 15 – Rushville, Indiana 16 – Anderson, Indiana 17 – Sunday 18 – Indianapolis, Indiana 19 – Brazil, Indiana 20- Greencastle, Indiana 21 – Bloomington, Indiana 22 – Beford, Indiana 23 – Washington, Indiana 24 – Sunday 25 – Vincennes, Indiana 26 – Olney, Illinois 27 – Mattoon, Illinois 28 – Decatur, Illinois 29 – Springfield, Illinois 30 – Litchfield, Illinois 31 – Sunday September 1 – Paris, Illinois 2 – Robinson, Illinois 3 – Carmi, Illinois 4 – Harrisburg, Illinois 5 – Cairo, Illinois 6 – Fulton, Kentucky 7 – Sunday 8 – Memphis, Tennessee 9 – Brinkley, Arkansas 10 – Little Rock, Arkansas 11 – Arkadelphia, Arkansas 12 – Nashville, Arkansas 13 – Texarkana, Ark.-Texas 14 – Sunday 15 – Clarksville, Texas 16 – Paris, Texas 17 – Greenville, Texas 18 – Waxahachie, Texas 19 – Temple, Texas 20 – Brenha, Texas 21 – Sunday 22 – Galveston, Texas 23 – Houston, Texas 24 – Beaumont, Texas 25 – Port Arthur, Texas 26 – Orange, Texas 27 – Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 – Sunday 29 – Crowley, Louisiana 30 – Opelousas, Louisiana October 1-5 – New Orleans, Louisiana 6 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana 7 – McComb, Mississippi 8 – Brookhaven, Mississippi 9 – Natchez, Mississippi 10 – Fort Gibson, Mississippi 11 – Vicksburg, Mississippi 12 – Sunday 13 – Greenville, Mississippi 14 – Greenwood, Mississippi 15 – Yazoo City, Mississippi 16 – Canton, Mississippi 17 – Jackson, Mississippi 18 – Laurel, Mississippi 19 – Sunday 20 – Hattiesburg, Mississippi 21 – Lumberton, Mississippi 22 – Gulfport, Mississippi 23 – Mobile, Alabama 24 – Brewton, Alabama 25 – Pensacola, Florida 26 – Sunday 27 – Montgomery, Alabama 28 – Selma, Alabama 29 – Opelika, Alabama 30 – Newman, Georgia 31 – LaGrange, Georgia November 1 – Talladega, Alabama 2 – Burmingham, Alabama 4 – Jasper, Alabama 5 – Aberdeen, Mississippi 6 – Tupelo, Mississippi 7 – Columbus, Mississippi 8 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama 9 – Sunday 10 – Okolona, Mississippi End of season |
Winter quarters Peru, Indiana.
Courtesy of the Circus Historical Society, Inc.
