article_snippet: Or, if you prefer, P.T. Barnum.
article_snippet: In the early 1870s, the clever entrepreneur, who had made Barnum fortune with such acts as the "Feejee Mermaid," singer Jenny Lind and a New York-based museum of curiosities, created P.T. Barnum's Museum, Menagerie and Circus.
article_snippet: Barnum and Barnum partner made Circus an efficient business, running Circus on the railroad to far-flung destinations and transporting Barnum and his partner animals long distances.
article_snippet: Another Barnum purchase, a white elephant, was the centerpiece of Circus, and when Jumbo died in 1885, the victim of a train accident, the news made worldwide headlines.