Colonel and Mrs. Reuben Steere
As a native Rhode Islander it gives me special pride today to give attention to "Colonel" Reuben Allen Steere (1838-1915). Born in Glocester, RI, Steere stood 44 inches in adulthood, and weighed 43 pounds. He performed with Stone & Murray's Circus, Karl Stefan Bailey's Circus, the Liliputian Opera Company, et al. In 1880 he married […]