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- During the 1920s, Ringling built Gray Crag, a 20-room manor house on an estate that was their summer residence in Alpine, New Jersey, atop the New Jersey Palisades and overlooking the Hudson River. Ringling would bring the circus troupe across the river from Yonkers, New York, with acrobats and animals to entertain their guests at parties.
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John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus.
Jul 26, 2018 · John was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, then home of the Ringling circus, in 1903. His was a wonderful childhood, and one that he never really outgrew. He knew all the performers and roustabouts,...
May 25, 2016 · Living in Sarasota, John Ringling can easily fall into the former category. His name adorns just about everything in town — bridges, streets, museums, colleges. Locals and visitors alike take...
Her origins can be traced to Moons, Ohio, a farm community. Born there on March 4, 1875, she had four sisters and one brother. By the turn of the century, she had moved away from Ohio to earn a living. Various stories exist that describe how she and John Ringling met.
Mar 2, 2015 · He was born John Nicholas Ringling in not much more than a shack of a house in McGregor, Iowa, a year after the end of the Civil War. His parents were stern in mien and believed in hard work.
John’s brother Charles had begun purchasing land in Sarasota, Florida and in 1911 John and Mable purchased 20 acres of waterfront property there. In 1912, they began spending winters in what was then a small town.
Nov 28, 2021 · In 1927, with the local land boom collapsing, John Ringling decided to move the winter quarters of the circus to Sarasota from Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Sarasota Herald called it the “most...
