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Showmen’s Rest: The Legendary Circus City in Hugo, Oklahoma

February 11, 2010May 23, 2026 Oklahoma Traveler

The Day the Music Died The clowns no longer laugh, the acrobats no longer soar, and the musicians no longer play. All is quiet under the big top, and yet, in immortal life, the circus lives on. In Hugo, Oklahoma, in a place known as Showman’s Rest, the bones of great legendary circus performers lie […]

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