For decades until the end of World War II, on a June or July morning, the circus train would arrive at the far end of the Erie Railroad tracks, almost into Sparrowbush. Crowds would be waiting, ...

Clowns Thom “Skootchee” Stevenson (left) of Milton, Del., and Jim “Poppo” Shores of Baltimore, Md., uncover the wreath during the dedication of the Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck monument and park ...