John Robinson - 1843-1921
Taken at the Annual History in Bloom Event held at the Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati Ohio. The event features portrayals of famous or important Cincinnatians who are buried in the cemetery. They are stationed around the grounds near where their character is buried and tell the story of the person they are representing to visitors who are driven around in horse drawn carriages from character to character.
Around the age of fifteen, John H. Robinson ran away from home and joined a small wagon show, a circus. He is the founder of the Robinson Family Traveling Circus. In his later years, he decided to settle his family in Cincinnati for the winter months bringing circus animals to the suburb of Cincinnati. The
circus was owned and managed by four generations of "John Robinsons" until 1954.
John Robinson - 1843-1921
Taken at the Annual History in Bloom Event held at the Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati Ohio. The event features portrayals of famous or important Cincinnatians who are buried in the cemetery. They are stationed around the grounds near where their character is buried and tell the story of the person they are representing to visitors who are driven around in horse drawn carriages from character to character.
Around the age of fifteen, John H. Robinson ran away from home and joined a small wagon show, a circus. He is the founder of the Robinson Family Traveling Circus. In his later years, he decided to settle his family in Cincinnati for the winter months bringing circus animals to the suburb of Cincinnati. The
circus was owned and managed by four generations of "John Robinsons" until 1954.