Baraboo

*It's Boo～ Boo-Boo was a member of the most famous circus troupe on Iris Cloud, 'the Greatest Circus Ever'～! So～, can I show you all the tricks that only a circus can do～? What would you like to see～? I'll make you smile with my antics, jokes, singing and dancing～! Boopbeep Boopbeep♪*

## Trivia

* Baraboo's birthday is the date where the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final performance in 2017, in Uniondale, New York.
* Baraboo's clown theme is based after the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth.
* The name of Baraboo's troupe, "the Greatest Circus Ever" is a direct reference to "the Greatest Show on Earth", which subsequently became part of the Ringling Bros. Circus's name.
* Baraboo's dislike of animals is based on the many animal rights groups that had criticized the circus for their treatment of animals by the Barnum & Bailey Circus over the years. On May 18, 2022, after a five year hiatus, Feld Entertainment announced that the circus would resume touring in the fall of 2023, but without animals.
* Baraboo's dislike of fire references the Hartford circus fire on July 6, 1944. At least 167 people were killed and many hundreds injured. Circus management was found to be negligent and several Ringling executives served sentences in jail.
* The tent in the background of [The Greatest Circus Ever☆] is the Circus World located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.

## Counterpart

Baraboo train depot was a train station serving Baraboo, Wisconsin. It is a 2-story brick depot of the C&NW Railroad, designed by Frost & Granger. The building was Baraboo's central transportation hub for many years after it was built in 1902 at which time as many as sixteen passenger trains a day passed through the city. Baraboo train depot has been mostly dormant since passenger service ended in 1963.

Baraboo train depot offered separate men's and women's waiting rooms, a restaurant, and baggage storage rooms on the first floor. The second floor contained offices for the Madison Division of the Chicago & North Western Railroad. This set Baraboo apart as it was the headquarters for nearly 500 miles of track between Madison, Wisconsin and Winona, Minnesota. When the depot/office building was built Baraboo was home to nearly 400 railroad employees including brakemen, firemen, conductors, engineers, dispatchers, repairmen and management staff.

After the building was no longer used as a depot, it was converted into a warehouse and its three hundred foot long passenger canopy was removed. However, there are plans to restore the Baraboo train depot to its former days of operation. Organizers intend to restore the building to use as both event space and to present historical displays. Phase 1 has been completed with the acquisition of the building. The second phase was stabilization, he said. Water infiltrating the building was halted after a temporary rubber roof was placed on top of the depot and other waterproofing was done to ensure no more damage could take place before the project begins.

Currently, planners are in phase 3, which includes assessment of the building condition and formalizing its condition. That will allow them to transition to phase 4, during which TKWA will discuss in detail what county and historical society planners want to see in the building. From there, Voltz said they can begin to create physical plans and a fully detailed project will take shape. Sauk County History

The Circus World Museum is a museum complex in Baraboo, Wisconsin, devoted to circus-related history. The museum features circus artifacts and exhibits and hosts daily live circus performances throughout the summer. It is owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society and operated by the non-profit Circus World Museum Foundation. The museum was the major participant in the Great Circus Parade held from 1963 to 2009.

Home to the Ringling Brothers, it was from Baraboo in 1884 that the Ringling Brothers Circus began their first tour as a circus. Over six seasons, the circus expanded from a wagon show to a railroad show with 225 employees, touring cities across the United States each summer. Baraboo remained the circus's headquarters and wintering grounds until 1918, when the Ringling Brothers Circus combined with the Barnum and Bailey Circus, which the Ringling Brothers had bought out in 1908. The combined entity, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, was successful until 2017 when it took its final bow on Sunday May 21, 2017, in Uniondale, New York.

Owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, the museum sits on some of the land owned by the Ringlings, and includes eight of the ten remaining Ringling buildings on the grounds. Circus World Museum holds one of the largest collections of circus materials in the world, including circus wagons, posters, photography, and artifacts used by shows from all over the United States. The museum also has smaller collections of Wild West shows and carnival materials. Wikipedia

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