At a meeting Thursday, the Denver Public Library Commission approved changing the name of the Ross-Barnum Branch Library in west Denver. The library is now the Ross-Phyllis Bigpon ...

Messrs. P.T. Barnum, J.L. Hutchinson, and J.A. Bailey, proprietors of the "greatest show on earth," and James Elliott, father of all but one of the Elliott children, were arrested yesterday ...

This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman ... Yet because the demands of his businesses, his family life is troubled and marred by tragedy.

Barnum's father died when he was 15 and he was determined to rise up from his poor living. He first bought a museum and made it into a live performance with animals. He would then partner with ...