The Circus

The Circus (HMS0H)

Location: Poynette, WI 53955 Columbia County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 25.535', W 89° 28.635'

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Wisconsin has a unique heritage as the birthplace of circuses. More than a hundred had their beginnings in Wisconsin, with Delavan providing winter-quarters for twenty-six between 1847 and 1894. New York brothers Edmund and Jeremiah Mabie brought their United States Olympic Circus to Delavan in 1847, and the idea for P.T. Barnum's Asiatic Caravan was developed in Delavan by William Cameron Coup in 1871.

In Baraboo the Ringling Brothers' World Greatest Shows began in 1884, followed by the five Gollmar Brothers' Circus in 1891. Each of the communities on the map was the home of at least one circus. Today, thousands of items recalling the exciting and colorful history of the circus are preserved in a vast complex 15 miles from here, at Baraboo's Circus World Museum, opened by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in 1959.
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HM NumberHMS0H
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number178
Year Placed1971
Placed ByThe Wisconsin Historical Society
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Date Added Monday, September 29th, 2014 at 9:52pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 299479 N 4811057
Decimal Degrees43.42558333, -89.47725000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 25.535', W 89° 28.635'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 25' 32.10" N, 89° 28' 38.10" W
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Area Code(s)608, 920
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 218 Unnamed Road, Poynette WI 53955, US
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