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Traveling Circus

See the Greatest Show on Earth! ~ 1835

Indian elephant visits St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, now US Virgin islands

Did you know that the circus came to St. Thomas? Not just once, but many times!Β  However, this show was the first time an elephant was a part of the production! On a cool, Friday evening in December 1835, a fully grown female elephant descended down the ramp of a visiting steamer at the wharf. […]

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