Today is the birthday of Fayette Lodawick “Yankee” Robinson (1818-1884). Originally from Livingston County, NY, Robinson had been a shoemaker before joining June & Turner’s Circus in 1846, He learned his trade there and with Lennox’s Floating Circus prior to  founding his own show in 1854. He is said to have been one of the […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:59AM on May 2, 2014