Greene County Arkansas
Paragould, Arkansas
Centennial Edition Section 5
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| I remember: Parading down East Locust Street |
| The main thing I remember
was when the Ringling Brothers Circus would come to town and put up their tents in the
Cardwell addition, which is the east side of South Third Avenue now. It was a big
field and they always had a big three-ring circus. We lived across from it in one of Mr. Beard's houses, which are all gone now. I was born and raised there and when I was little, I can remember when the |
circus people came to one house and got
water for the animals and everything, and would give us free tickets to go to the circus. They would have a big parade to start from the gate on East Locust Street and go up town and back. Us kids would follow it all the way.
Evelyn Tripod Gilliland |
Transcribed by: PR Massey
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