NEWARK — In the early 1900s, Columbus native Conn Baker was thrilling circus audiences at home and abroad with his death-defying "loop-the-loop" bicycle act. As one poster from the time put it, Baker ...

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Both professional wrestling and mixed martial arts can trace their lineages through the circuses and carnivals that took place on piers and in big tops throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s. It ...

In many towns throughout southern Delaware, the favorite summertime ritual for youngsters at the turn of the last century may have been the annual arrival of the circus, complete with performers and ...