Pawnee Bill's

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Pawnee Bill's Famous Original Rocky Mountain Show was a western show which toured with the Sells Brothers' Circus in 1887. The combined show included a three-ring circus, a "Roman Hippodrome", a "Five Continent Menagerie" of exotic native tribespeople, and "Indian Village" and a "Grand Firemen's Tournament". Pawnee Bill's show added 100 "Noted Scouts, Cowboys and Indians" to the 300 "Arenic Actors" participating in recreations of ancient competitions. The show also promised the "Greatest and Grandest Wild Beast Show" and a "Glorious, Lavishly Sumptuous Street Parade". The attraction was held in Birmingham on September 30, and, under the auspices of the "American Showmen's Pooled League" was the only such touring circus to visit the city during the season.

Pawnee Bill's Wild West wintered in Birmingham in 1905-06. The show merged with rival Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1908.

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References

  • Advertisement in the Weekly Iron Age (September 22, 1887)
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