Steve Gossard will tell you that Illinois is a circus state. The former curator of special collections—including circus collections—at Milner Library at Illinois State University in Normal has made it his business to research the state’s rich circus history.

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Steve Gossard will tell you that Illinois is a circus state. The former curator…

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