Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. This article, along with others celebrating 110 years of the Greatest Show on Earth, is featured in Newsweek's Special ...

Growing up in west Denver, Jamie Torres heard the stories about how the Barnum neighborhood got its name. Everyone knew it had something to do with celebrated circus entrepreneur Phineas Taylor Barnum ...

On November 12, 1836, Phineas Taylor “P. T.” Barnum arrived in Rocky Mount after leaving Aaron Turner’s Traveling Circus, for which he managed the sideshow acts and took tickets. Barnum convinced some ...

When P.T. Barnum held court before thousands of Berkshirites who gathered on May 19, 1877, to see "The Greatest Show on Earth," The Berkshire Eagle described the moment with "Thunders of applause ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phineas Taylor Barnum, an American politician, entrepreneur and showman was born in Connecticut in 1810. He is probably best ...

First things first: Though it features a character named P.T. Barnum, “The Greatest Showman” is in no way a factual account of the life of the celebrated 19th-century circus founder and huckster. In ...

P.T. Barnum opened the American Museum of curiosities, introduced the world to General Tom Thumb and created “The Greatest Show on Earth,” according to historical record and a box office hit starring ...

BRIDGEPORT ---- We can thank Thomas Edison for the light bulb, Igor Sikorsky for the helicopter and Philo Farnsworth for the TV set. As for P.T. Barnum, whose 200th birthday will be observed Monday, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... First thing’s first: Though it features a character named “P.T. Barnum,” “The Greatest Showman” is in no way a factual account of the life of the celebrated ...