- Burr ROBBINS: Entrepreneur and showman, ROBBINS made Janesville
his home after 1873
- for his circus. In 1881 he put his show on rail cars, and
it had no rival, except for the Barnum Circus. In 1888 he sold
his circus stock and equipment to the Ringling Circus, including
the fanciful wagons which had been made for him by the HODGE
and BUCHHOLZ Carriage Co. of Janesville. ROBBINS then went to
Chicago and founded General Outdoor Advertising, which is today
the largest outdoor advertising company in the U.S.
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- [From "Remembering those who helped shaped Janesville,"
The Janesville Gazette, August 14, 1985, p. 7K]
- Courtesy of Lori
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