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The most /FAMOUS/ circus in the history of American entertainment has to be the Ringling brothers Circus. The five brothers, with OCCASIONAL aid from another two siblings, were the sons of a German harness-maker who had anglicised his name from Rungeling. through sheer hard work, /DEDACOTION/ and organising ability the brothers built up the greatest show on earth. The circus wa born from humble BEGINNINGS in 1882 in the Ringlings' home town of baraboo, Wisconsin, from which they travelled the road, touring the mid-west. Having little cash at their /DISPOSAL/ for equipment and performars, the brothers did the bulk of the work themselves. Together with seventeen /EMPLOYEES/ they sewed and pitched tents, sold tickets played in the band, turning their hand to anything. Profits were ploughed back into the business, which grew rapidly after the /ACQUISITION/ of a first elephant in 1888. Initially, the show trundled from town to town in horse-drown wagons, but, from 1890, railroad travel /FACILITATED/ the whole process. The Ringling' rivals, however, the gigantic Barnum & Bailey's circus, occupied sixty railroad carriages in travelling to its /VARIOUS/ destinations. In 1907, one year after Bailey's death, the Ringlings bought out their 1919 /MERGERS/. The circus stayed in the family until it was sold on 1967, but the new owners retained the name Ringling Brothers.