Friday, July 06, 2007

Miller's Animal Farm- Ft. Weare, Tenn. #1


Scan10035, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

"Mem"

Posted by Buckles at 7/06/2007 06:03:00 AM

5 comments:

Harry Kingston said...

Buckles,
If I am right this elephant was owned by Mayburn A. Miller and I had the pleasure of knowing him for many years.
Mayburn and his wife were members of the circus fans tent in Houston, Texas.
Mayburn was incharge of the elephants at the Busch bewery when they had an amusement park there.
We visited him many times and went behind the scenes see the rest of the elephants up close.
Mayburn gave me the elephant head piece with Mem on it for my collection.
I think Mayburn sold Mem to Busch Gardens in Florida.
I really enjoy your blog as to me it is circus history at it's best and a million thanks for your time you put into it.
Harry

06 July, 2007 08:23
Anonymous said...

I wish someone would write in the story of R A and M A Miller.

A Frank A Miller was associated with them in the early days.

You know they had a small tent circus before the shopping center shows.

Somebody write this up before we're all gone.

06 July, 2007 21:10
Anonymous said...

She is still alive and well at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL!

06 July, 2007 21:35
Anonymous said...

Seeing the photo of Mem brought back fond memories.

I joined Mayburn Miller's Community Free Circus, out of Houston, TX., in Osborne, Ks in the Spring of '62, traveling by bus from Austin, TX.

In Yankton, SD, we set up in the parking lot of a large grocery store. That night a violent thunderstorm blew in with a light show of lightning. Mem got restless in the storm, and was getting spooky..........so we got her to lay down, and I huddled up in the crotch of her neck using her left ear as shelter while Mem kept her trunk barely touching my nose, I guess to sense my breathing........and there we spent the night, peacefully and bonded.

Duck Landrum

12 June, 2008 10:09
Unknown said...

i can tell you about 1966 i know we were in Iowa some where i was traveling with my aunt and uncle who basically were the show my ant had the chips my uncle was unicyclist,clown ,ponies,juggler, and high table balancing act. they were Don Alphonso Campa and Jean Warner Campa i remember a night when a lighting storm came up at night and where i slept mem was staked in front of there trainer next to mem s truck i know several people were outside including my uncle and Mayburn i was 10 yrs old and remember that summer very well something i will never forget the circus was to basically bring in people to the midway.

11 November, 2015 04:10

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