It's Carnie Time
February 7th 2007 History lesson:
Sarasota is home to the Ringling estate, once owned by John and Mable Ringling. John was one of five brothers who began and ran the Ringling Brothers Circus, World's Greatest Show. For a short time they were only 9 train cars worth of circus and 25 cents to enter. They were bettered by the Barnum and Bailey Circus which needed 64 rail cars to get around. When Bailey died unexpect
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