Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show
Posted By thecircusblog on February 25, 2010
In 1888 Pawnee Bill went out on tour with his wild west show. He lasted one season…. that year only. The competition in the late 1800’s was unreal and just about every circus had a wild west after show. The year before in 1887 Pawnee Bill was with the Sells Bros Circus and I guess Bill thought he could do it on his own. In the 1890’s Pawnee Bill did do some personal appearances with a smaller version of his original show but slowly faded away. That’s about all I know about Pawnee Bill, if others have information send it along to me for thecircusblog.com Thanks.
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My great-grandfather, Robert Clements, worked as a manager for the Pawnee Bill Wild West Show for several years. He had a little book in which he wrote the touring schedule for the show. The last entry was for November 1906. I don’t know if this is when the show ended or when my great-grandfather retired. I have a copy of a newspaper clipping in our local paper where it is advertised that the show was going to be in town on May 10, 1906. My g-g also worked for the Walter L Main Circus and at one time had his own circus called The Scribner and Clements Show. He and Scribner were from Brookville, Pennsylvania. I can find no information on this circus.