1982 Press Photo Herman Moeller, Sr. built circus wagons for Ringling Bros.

Horses pulling a mirror and band wagon in a street parade. Many Ringling wagons were made by the Moellers of Baraboo. Herman Moeller, Sr., a German immigrant, came to the town in 1856 and founded a wagon company. As early as 1884, the year the Ringlings established the circus, the firm began building circus wagons. The Moeller sons carried on their father's business and made the last wagon in 1922.