Read all About It

| January 27, 2013

Thanks Billie for all the articles you sent for the circus blog.

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THANK YOU

| January 15, 2013

I want to say thank you for the support, prayers, cards and letters that I’ve received from you my circus families and friends. My double lung transplant is now three months old. I feel as though I could go back on the road again, thanks to God. Randy, Bob and Casey. Thank you for your [...]

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| December 3, 2012

I found this comment from Wade Burck. I do not know if I posted it. I will do so now because it is extremely interesting and truthful. It is also a bit of circus history that has to be saved… Keep them coming, Wade!

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Note From IVAN

| November 30, 2012

Sorry for not posting these passed days. There was a long jump to the next lot with a few bumps in the road along the way. All is good now and I am ragging out the Big Top.                                                                          IVAN Thanks Bill for your comment. Good to be back.

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May God Bless Our Country

| November 21, 2012

FROM THE CIRCUS BLOG

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Special Note from Ivan

| November 21, 2012

I think perhaps I should explain why so many of these performers names I am unfamiliar with. In the fall of 1979 I lost all of my chimps to a disease called Valley Fever, which at that time was deadly to primates. Because of this, I was out of the circus business throughout the 19800, [...]

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Lillian Smith

| November 20, 2012

AKA Princes Wenona when she joined the Miller Bros 101 Wilde West Show in 1907. Before the 101 she preformed with the Buffalo Bill Cody Show. Lillian F. “Wenona” Smith was considered one of the best in sharpshooting.

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Geronimo

| November 20, 2012

Photo taken in 1901. Geronimo stands in the center of this group of people. To His right is Princess Wenona …. rifle and revolver sharpshooter. Standing to her right is Buffalo Bill Cody. In 2005 myself and Jim Redcave, a close native American friend of mine took a trip to the San Carlos Apache reservation. [...]

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A Circus Kid

| September 28, 2012

Ivan Henry age five. The photo was taken on the Yankee Patterson Circus produced by Jimmy Woods. I have a several of different family photos that I will be posting. All of a sudden people have started sending photos of their families and mine as well photos from my motion picture days. Many thanks.

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They Were History Makers

| September 16, 2012

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