-
Knox County’s Hiram and Barney Davis, billed as The Wild Men of Borneo, are seen here with their manager in the late 1870s, after the brothers had already been in the sideshow business for a quarter century.
-
Dubbed “Waino” and “Plutano,” the brothers specialized in feats of strength surprising considering their small size.
-
The tombstone of Hiram and Barney Davis today stands in the Mount View Cemetery in Mount Vernon.
-
The brothers can be seen here in the dark cloaks described in the 1899 article about sideshow performers protesting the use of the term “freaks” to describe them. (Submitted public domain image.)
Newspack Team More by adminnewspack