Over the next 11 months we will be sharing the Memoirs That Made Me Who I Am. These are compiled stories written about the life of a former Gallup resident Eugene Leone. Before his passing, he wrote, “It is with great delight that I share these stories from my heart, which have been inside for many years. My desire is that the reader would be able to go back to a time that was very real and may have been lost through the years.
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February 2022
Chapter Seven
The Circus Comes To Town
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It was a cool and windy morning in Gallup, but then it was almost always windy in Gallup back in the 20’s. My sister, Lois, and I had to walk to school every day, and back home, a distance of one and a half miles. Only when it rained, my mother drove us there in the pick-
up. My dad used his pick-up only for his work. As we approached the Santa Fe Railroad tracks, we could see that two circus employees were putting up these two large advertising posters. These posters were beautifully done. The poster they were in process of displaying
