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2 unusual facts about Al G. Barnes Circus


Al G. Barnes Circus

One of their more famous animals was Black Diamond, an Indian elephant whose unpredictable temper resulted in the deaths of several people and was shot between 50-100 times in 1929, before his own death.

Sedro-Woolley, Washington

On May 15, 1922, a large circus elephant known as Tusko escaped from the Al G. Barnes Circus, which was making one of its stops in Sedro-Woolley, at that time.


Al G. Wright

While still a child Wright moved with his family to the United States, where he grew up in Pontiac, Michigan.


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