ELEPHANTS GRAZED ALONG LEON RIVER
The old Glasscock circus wintered several years at
Hamilton, and elephants nonchalantly grazed on their farm down on the Leon
River. The show would give its opening performance here, and would travel
hub to hub with Old Lady Mollie Bailey’s circus, which came here one a
year.
Mrs. Bailey took up the tickets and was well known to
the people. Her side show carried the first movie shown in Hamilton, the
famous "Train Robbery," the first continuous screen show
ever made.
To see a real railroad circus in those days you had to
go to Hico.
PAGE FIFTEEN
PIONEER EDITION
HAMILTON COUNTY NEWS, Vol. VIII, No. 7
THE CARLTON CITIZEN, Vol. 30, No. 23
Friday, June 24, 1938
W. F. Billingslea, Publisher, Hamilton
County, TX
