The first circus performance in the country took place in Philadelphia, and more than 230 years later, the city is still home ...

Colonial Americans really didn’t have much to do in the way of entertainment. That’s until John Bill Ricketts — a student of ...

Philadelphia remains a hub for the circus – with performances and specialized schools. It all started with the nation’s first ...

Though the first modern circus was born in 1770s England, the tented attractions didn’t become an American tradition until around the mid-to-late-1800s. The traveling circus graced wide swaths of the ...

Editor's note: This the first in a three-part series on the history of the circus in North Dakota. For 140 years, the circus has provided entertainment for residents of North Dakota. During the early ...