>> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "JOURNEY INDIANA" IS PROVIDED BY: >> COMING UP... MEET A CAMBY, INDIANA, MAN HELPING HOOSIERS KEEP TIME.

>> TRAVEL TO MODOC'S MARKET IN WABASH TO LEARN ABOUT ITS NAMESAKE, A 1900-POUND INDIAN ELEPHANT.

>> TAKE A RIDE ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE WITH THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS.

>> AND LISTEN TO AND LEARN THE HISTORY BEHIND INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S HISTORIC CALLIOPE.

THAT'S ALL ON THIS EPISODE OF "JOURNEY INDIANA."

♪ ♪ >> WELCOME TO "JOURNEY INDIANA."

I'M ASHLEY CHILLA.

COMING TO YOU FROM THE FRENCH LICK WEST BADEN MUSEUM IN ORANGE COUNTY.

>> AND I'M BRANDON WENTZ AT THE WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

>> WE WILL BE FEATURING SOME OF INDIANA'S BEST REGIONAL HISTORY MUSEUMS OVER THE NEXT FEW EPISODES, AND WE WILL START RIGHT HERE.

THE FRENCH LICK WEST BADEN MUSEUM'S TAG LINE SAYS IT ALL, SMALL TOWNS, BIG HISTORY.

LOCATED JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM ORANGE COUNTY'S TWO FAMOUS HOTELS, THIS MUSEUM FEATURES CASINOS, THE CROSS BROTHERS, AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST CIRCUS DIORAMA.

AND WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A BIT, BUT FIRST, WE'RE HEADED TO MARION COUNTY TO MEET A MAN WITH TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS.

PRODUCER JASON PEAR HAS THE STORY OF SMITH'S BELL AND CLOCK.

STORY OF SMITH'S BELL AND CLOCK.

>> THE CREATION OF SMITH'S BELL AND CLOCK, LOCATED IN CAMBY, INDIANA, HAPPENED ALMOST BY >> THE FIRST JOB THAT I REMEMBER WAS PROBABLY IN OUR HOMETOWN OF MORGAN COUNTY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DEALS WE FIXED THE CLOCK, AND THEN WHEN WE TRAVELED AROUND TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS IN INDIANA, A LOT OF THE COURTHOUSE CLOCKS WERE INOPERABLE.

SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE -- I SAID, HEY, I THINK WE CAN DO THIS FULL TIME.

>> IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE EVERYONE'S CAREER CHOICE, BUT FOR J.J. SMITH, WHO SPENT FOUR YEARS IN THE MILITARY, AND LATER ATTENDED INDIANA UNIVERSITY, IT WAS THE RIGHT FIT.

>> THERE'S A PASSION FOR TAKING THINGS APART AND FIGURING OUT HOW THEY WORK AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER.

ALL OF THAT STUFF COMES IN TO PLAY WHEN -- YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FABRICATE A LOT OF STUFF FOR BELLS, YOKES, CLAPPERS, BELL WHEEL TYPE OF THING.

>> THE CLOCK REQUIRES ITS SET.

>> WE SEE E. HOWARD MOVEMENTS THAT ARE WITH THE BIG HITTERS OF THE DAY IN THE 1800s AND THE 1900s.

IF PEOPLE DESIRED TO KEEP THE HISTORICAL INTEGRITY OF THE CLOCK, WE HAVE CATALOGS GEARS THAT WE CAN CUT.

WE ALSO MAKE ELECTRIC MOVEMENTS TOO.

EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.

IF THE CLIENT WANTS A HANDS OFF TYPE PRODUCT, WE CAN OFFER THAT, BUT IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL MECHANISM, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY HELP THERE TOO.

♪ YOU GOTTA HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE FOR MECHANICAL CLOCKS.

IT IS A GAME OF PATIENCE.

ALL 100 PARTS OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO EXACTLY WORK PERFECT, AND IF YOU DO IT RIGHT, THEY WILL LAST ANOTHER LIFETIME, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

IT'S BECOMING NOW A LOST ART.

I WOULD SAY, WE'RE ONE OF THREE OR FOUR COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT DOES THIS.

IT'S BEEN INCORPORATED FOR OVER 10 YEARS DOING THIS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE WORK FOR OVER HALF THE COUNTIES IN INDIANA.

♪ A LOT OF COLLEGES, CHURCHES, IS REALLY WHERE WE SHINE THROUGH.

>> PLACES LIKE DEPAUW UNIVERSITY IN GREENCASTLE WHERE SMITH HAS DONE A VARIETY OF WORK, FROM A CARILLON RENOVATION, TO WORK ON UNIVERSITY'S EAST COLLEGE, A NATIONAL LANDMARK.

OTHER NOTABLE WORKS INCLUDE AN INDIANAPOLIS LANDMARK, JUST A BLOCK FROM MONUMENT CIRCLE.

>> THE L.S.

AYERS CLOCK I THINK WAS PUT IN IN THE 1930s OR SO.

WHAT WE DID WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIANA LANDMARKS, WE REDID ALL CLOCK MOVEMENTS, THE HANDS, THE FACES.

THERE'S A LOT OF CLOCKS IN DOWNTOWN INDY.

THERE'S PROBABLY A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE EITHER MADE THEM OR HAVE WORKED ON THEM OR FIXED THEM AT ONE POINT IN TIME OR ANOTHER.

>> NOT THAT YOU WOULD NECESSARILY KNOW THAT IF YOU JUST GLANCED UP TO CHECK THE TIME.

>> YEAH, ALL THE LABOR AND THE LOVE IS ACTUALLY BEHIND THE CLOCKFACE, AND ALL YOU SEE FROM THE OUTSIDE IS THE HANDS AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IF EVERYTHING IS RIGHT, IT KEEPS TIME.

>> AND OTHER PROJECTS HAVE TAKEN J.J. AND HIS CREW THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM THE HOOSIER STATE.

>> IN 2014, WE DID A JOB IN KENYA FOR THE ROSSLYN SCHOOL ACADEMY, WHERE WE PUT UP A 600-POUND BELL AND FOUR TOWER CLOCKS.

I REMEMBER THE COMMEMORATION OF THAT BELL, AND THEY HAD ALL THE SCHOOL KIDS AROUND THIS TOWER ON THE BUS TO GO HOME.

FOR ME, BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT HISTORY, OUR NAME IS ON THE BELL.

SOME GUY 100, 200 YEARS FROM NOW WILL CLIMB UP THERE, I WONDER WHO THESE SMITH GUYS WERE IN INDIANA.

IN KEEPING WITH THE TRADITION OF AMERICAN MADE, WE WANT THESE PRODUCTS TO OUTLIVE US.

FOR ME, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART.

I ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR MECHANICAL STUFF.

WELDING AND FABRICATING IS SOMETHING I ENJOY.

WHEN I'M OUT HERE IN THE SHOP BUILDING BELL FRAMES, I MIGHT BE SWEATING IN THE SUMMER, BUT TO ME, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T REALLY -- I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I WORKED A DAY IN MY LIFE.

I REALLY DO ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENJOY WHAT WE DO.

>> I CERTAINLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MECHANICS OF HOW THEY TAKE THOSE BELLS AND CLOCKS APART AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING SO SATISFYING ABOUT WATCHING THEM BECOME NEW AGAIN AND GENERATIONS TO COME BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THEM.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT SMITHSBELLANDCLOCK.COM.

EARLIER WE CAUGHT UP WITH PATTY DRABING, THE DIRECTOR HERE AT THE FRENCH LICK WEST BADEN MUSEUM.

>> THE FRENCH LICK WEST BADEN MUSEUM IS AN HISTORICAL MUSEUM ON THE FRENCH LICK AND WEST BADEN COMMUNITIES.

THEY HAVE TWO GRAND HOTELS.

SO EVERYTHING HAS EVOLVED AROUND THEM.

AND THE HISTORY HERE IS JUST MIND BOGGLING, THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT.

WE HAVE BOTH PLUTOS THAT USED TO SIT ON TOP OF THE HOTEL.

THEY HAD BEEN STORED IN THE BASEMENT FOR YEARS BECAUSE THE GUESTS WERE A LITTLE SCARED OF THEM.

AFTER THEY DID RENOVATIONS AND THEY REOPENED THE HOTELS, THEY BUILT THIS BRAND NEW CASINO, THEY BROUGHT THEM OUT OF STORAGE AND THE COOKS GOLD LEAFED THEM AND THEY SET THEM OUTSIDE THE V.I.P.

LOUNGE AT THE CASINO.

THE GAMBLERS WERE NOT HAPPY.

TO KEEP THEM FROM GOING BACK IN STORAGE, WE BROUGHT THEM HERE.

LARRY BIRD IS FROM HERE, BORN AND RAISED.

WE DO HAVE THE BACKBOARD FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS DONATED.

AUTOGRAPHED BASKETBALLS, CEREAL BOXES, YOU NAME IT, THE LUNCH BOXES, BOBBLE HEADS, WE GOT IT ALL.

THE DIORAMA, THAT WAS DONE BY PETER GORMAN OUT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO OPEN THE MUSEUM, WE CONTACTED PERU, INDIANA, WHERE OUR CIRCUS WENT WHEN RINGLING BOUGHT THEM IN 1929, AND WE ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD ANY ARTIFACTS.

THEY SAID YOU REALLY NEED TO TALK TO THIS GUY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR CIRCUS.

IT'S IDENTICAL TO WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE BACK IN THE DAY.

IT'S SET UP TO TELL A STORY.

THE TRAINS COME INTO TOWN, AND THEN YOU SEE THE BIG PARADE, AND YOU MOVE ON TO ANOTHER SECTION WITH THE MENAGERIE AND THE SIDE SHOW AND THE BIG TOP.

IT'S A BIG HIT.

THAT DIORAMA IS A BIG HIT.

>> AND YOU CAN LEARN EVEN MORE AT FLWBMUSEUM.COM.

>>> BRANDON?

>> THANKS, ASHLEY.

AND WITH ALL OF THAT CIRCUS TALK, WE HAD TO REVISIT ONE OF OUR FAVORITE STORIES FROM WABASH COUNTY, ABOUT A CIRCUS ELEPHANT WHO MADE QUITE A NAME FOR HERSELF.

PRODUCER JOHN TIMM HAS THE STORY OF MODOC.

♪ ♪ >> THE SAGA OF MODOC BEGAN NOVEMBER 11th, 1942.

WHEN TERRELL JACOBS, THE OWNER OF THE GREAT AMERICAN CIRCUS BROUGHT HIS CIRCUS TO WABASH HIGH SCHOOL.

HE BROUGHT HIS CREW OF ANIMALS, AND ALONG WITH THAT CAME THREE ELEPHANTS, EMPRESS, JUDY, AND MODOC.

AND THESE THREE ELEPHANTS WERE TIED UP OUTSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN WALTER SLIMMER'S DOGS CAME AND STARTED BARKING AT THESE THREE ELEPHANTS, AND THEY THREW UP THEIR TETHERS, AND BROKE LOOSE.

NOW, EMPRESS AND JUDY WERE GOOD GIRLS, AND THEY JUST MEANDERED DOWN IN THE FRONT LAWN OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT MODOC, SHE HAD DIFFERENT THINGS IN MIND.

AND SHE TOOK OFF FOR DOWNTOWN.

♪ FIRST PLACE SHE CAME WAS MRS. H.W.

REED'S HOUSE, AND SHE HAD PUT TWO APPLE PIES OUT ON HER WINDOWSILL FOR COOLING.

AND MODOC CAME BY, AND ATE BOTH OF THOSE APPLE PIES.

SHE CAME TO DOWNTOWN WABASH, AND SHE CAME UP TO THE HOTEL BEHIND ME HERE, THE INDIANA HOTEL, AND STANDING THERE WERE TWO BOYS, JERRY McVICKER AND GERALD HOPKINS.

GERALD HAD JUST BOUGHT A BAG OF PENNY CANDY AND UP CAME MODOC.

AND THOSE POOR BOYS, THEIR KNEES WERE BANGING TOGETHER.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

AND GERALD HANDED OUT THAT BAG OF CANDY, AND JUST LIKE THOSE APPLE PIES, MODOC TOOK THAT BAG AND, BAG AND ALL, RIGHT DOWN THE OLD HATCH.

[ LAUGHTER ] MRS. CHAUNCEY KESSLER HAD COME FROM THE TELEPHONE COMPANY, AND SHE WAS GOING TO THE BRADLEY BROTHERS DRUGSTORE, WHERE WE SIT HERE TODAY.

MODOC FOLLOWED HER TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE BRADLEY BROTHERS DRUGSTORE, AND WHEN MRS. KESSLER OPENED UP THAT FRONT DOOR, OUT CAME THE AROMA EVERY ELEPHANT DREAMS OF, THE SMELL OF ROASTING PEANUTS.

MODOC CRASHED THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR, WENT INSIDE, KNOCKED OVER THE PEANUT ROASTER, SCARFED UP ALL THE PEANUTS, KNOCKED OVER THE SODA FOUNTAIN AND MADE A MESS OF THE WHOLE STORE.

AND THEN SHE WENT OUT THE BACK DOOR, CRASHED OUT THE BACK DOOR, AND KNOCKED EZRA LaSALLE INTO THE GUTTER OF THE STREET.

MODOC HEADED ACROSS THE STREET TO THE UNION CIGAR STORE, AND SHE POKED HER HEAD IN THE FRONT DOOR.

NOW, THE UNION CIGAR STORE WAS NOT REALLY ALL ABOUT CIGARS.

IT WAS A TAVERN.

AS MODOC PUT HER HEAD IN FRONT DOOR, ONE OLD BOY SAID TO THE OTHER, THAT'S THE LAST DRINK, I'M EVER GONNA TAKE!

♪ >> THE STORY STARTED HITTING NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, AND IT LITERALLY HIT HEADLINES ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, SHE RAMPAGED ACROSS WABASH COUNTY, AND HUNTINGTON COUNTY, ON A SEARCH FOR BETTER THINGS.

AND SO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MODOC WAS OUT IN A FIELD NORTH OF MOUNT ETNA, INDIANA.

TERRELL JACOBS BROUGHT OUT HIS OTHER ELEPHANT EMPRESS, TO TRY TO LURE MODOC.

MODOC OVER THAT FIVE DAYS HAD LOST 800 POUNDS, AND THE SHERIFF OF HUNTINGTON COUNTY BROUGHT OUT A TRUCKLOAD OF BREAD TO FEED THE ELEPHANT.

MODOC WAS OUT IN THE FIELD.

THE OTHER ELEPHANT, EMPRESS WAS OUT THERE.

THE LOAVES OF BREAD WERE OUT THERE, AND SLOWLY MODOC STARTED TO EAT THAT BREAD AND WORK HER WAY BACK TO HER WAGON.

AND WHEN MODOC GOT ON TO THAT WAGON, TERRELL JACOBS DID WHAT ANY SELF-RESPECTING ELEPHANT OWNER WOULD DO.

HE FED HER 30 GALLONS OF WATER AND 6 QUARTS OF WHISKEY TO SETTLE HER NERVES, DON'T YOU KNOW?

[ LAUGHTER ] ♪ >> MY WIFE ANGIE HAD WRITTEN A PAPER ABOUT MODOC.

>> IRONICALLY, I WAS WORKING ON MY MASTER'S THESIS AT MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY, FOR A FOURTH GRADE CLASS, AND IT WAS ON WABASH COUNTY HISTORY.

SO 30 YEARS AGO, I WROTE A PIECE ABOUT MODOC'S MARKET.

>> SHE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THIS NAME FOR THIS COFFEE STORE, TO BE MODOC'S MARKET.

>> WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THAT MANY YEARS FORWARD, WE WOULD HAVE A STORE CALLED MODOC'S.

WE WEREN'T EVEN COFFEE DRINKERS.

I WAS NOT A COFFEE DRINKER AND THOUGHT, WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST TRY THAT?

>> I ALWAYS KNEW THAT MODOC'S WAS HERE, AND I KNEW THAT MODOC WAS AN ELEPHANT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE STORY UNTIL I INQUIRED ABOUT THE JOB HERE.

AS I TRAVEL AROUND, I ALWAYS LIKE TO GOOGLE LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS, BUT I HAVE YET TO FIND I A COFFEE SHOP THAT'S AS UNIQUE AS MODOC'S MARKET.

♪ >> OUR DREAM FOR THIS SPACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IT'S A PLACE FOR EVERYONE, THAT WE WOULD SEE NO STRANGERS.

I LOVE THE BREAK FREE MANTRA, REALLY.

IT SPEAKS TO ME FOR ANYBODY WHO NEEDS A PLACE TO CHANGE UP THEIR DAY OR TO BREAK FREE FROM WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE.

♪ >> I LOVE THIS STORY.

THE STORY OF MODOC IS SO RELATABLE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE, LOST, STAGGERING AROUND, EATING ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND.

AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT MODOC'S NAMESAKE MARKET AT MODOCSMARKET.COM.

>>> OKAY.

SO WE SEARCHED THE "JOURNEYINDIR BIG TOP TALE, BUILDING ON 60 YEARS OF CIRCUS HISTORY.

HERE'S THE STORY BEHIND THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS.

♪ >> FOR MOST HOOSIER KIDS, THE IDEA OF RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS IS A FAR-FETCHED DREAM, BUT FOR THE KIDS OF PERU, RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS ISN'T JUST A REALITY.

IT'S A 53-YEAR-OLD LEGACY.

>> THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS IS AMATEUR IN NAME ONLY.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE AND SEE A MORE SKILLED CIRCUS PERFORMANCE THAN YOU SEE IN PERU, INDIANA.

BACK WHEN WE GOT STARTED, THERE WERE A FEW KIDS INVOLVED, AND IT'S GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN OVER TIME.

WE ARE NOW UP TO 200 KIDS A YEAR THAT PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS.

THEY ARE ALL AGE 7 TO 21, AND THEY ALL LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL IN MIAMI COUNTY.

ALL OF OUR CIRCUS TRAINERS ARE ACTUALLY FORMER PERFORMERS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, GONE ON TO DO OTHER THINGS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE PERFORMED PROFESSIONALLY, COME BACK HERE TO TRAIN THE KIDS, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY LEARN THEIR SKILLS, AND IT'S JUST A CYCLE THAT KEEPS REVOLVING.

♪ >> FOR FIVE MONTHS, THE KIDS TRAIN EVERY WEEK TO PERFECT SUCH ACTS AS THE TRAPEZE AND HIGH WIRE, FEATURING A SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID THAT'S NOT SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, ALL BUILDING TO THEIR 11 PERFORMANCES DURING CIRCUS WEEK.

>> TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY DO OUT HERE ON THIS FLOOR, TAKES INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TEAM WORK, TRUST, BETWEEN YOUR FELLOW PERFORMERS.

WHAT WE DO HERE IS DANGEROUS, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, BUT WE KEEP EVERYBODY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THAT TEAM WORK BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED.

>> SO IT HELPS WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE REAL WORLD AND YOU NEED TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND GO TO A JOB AND WORK WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE.

THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM.

SO IT HELPS A LOT.

>> YOU JUMPED IT.

IT WAS HIGH.

>> THE BEST MOMENT IS GETTING CLOSE WITH MY TRAINERS.

I MEAN, THEY ARE DEFINITELY THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER FOR LIFE.

THERE'S FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE THAT JUST COME AND GO, BUT THESE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU, NO MATTER WHAT.

>> YOU KNOW, AS A TRAINER, WE ARE FAR MORE THAN JUST TRAINERS.

WE ARE PARENTS.

WE ARE MENTORS.

WE TEACH THEM MORE THAN JUST TO DO COOL STUFF IN THE AIR.

WE TEACH THEM ABOUT THEMSELVES, ABOUT TEAM WORK.

IT IS A GROUP EFFORT TO PULL ANYTHING OFF.

AND YOU LEARN TRUST WITHIN EACH OTHER.

SO WE TEACH THESE KIDS A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS BESIDES JUST DOING TRICKS IN THE AIR.

>> I WATCH KIDS THAT ARE TOO YOUNG TO PERFORM.

THEY ARE DOWN HERE WITH THEIR BIG BROTHER AND BIG SISTER, AND AS THEY GROW UP THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WATCHING THE PROGRESSION OF THESE KIDS, KIDS THAT COULDN'T EVEN WALK UP INTO THE BLEACHERS, THAT CAN GO UP 30 FEET IN THE AIR AND WALK ON AN 8th-INCH WIRE, I MEAN THAT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND.

I GET A GREAT DEAL OF ENJOYMENT AND PLEASURE OUT OF WATCHING THE KIDS GROW UP DOWN HERE.

>> MANY OF THE KIDS ARE SECOND OR THIRD GENERATION CIRCUS PERFORMERS.

LIKE SO MANY IN THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS, LITTLE 7-YEAR-OLD KATIE WOOD HAS LITERALLY GROWN UP UNDERNEATH THE BIG TOP.

THIS WILL BE KATIE'S FIRST YEAR AS A PERFORMER.

>> MY WHOLE FAMILY IS INVOLVED WITH THE CIRCUS, AND I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN THE CIRCUS.

MY DAD IS A RIGGER, AND MY MOMMY IS A TRAINER.

THAT MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY.

>> THE CIRCUS CONTINUES TO ENDURE BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE.

YOU CAN GO TO EVERY LITTLE TOWN IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE'S A LITTLE LEAGUE OR A YOUTH BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL, BUT NOT TOO MANY SMALL COMMUNITIES CAN YOU GO TO THAT HAVE A YOUTH CIRCUS.

THE KIDS, THEY EAT AND SLEEP THIS, FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.

THEY ARE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK HERE.

THEY EAT THEIR MEALS HERE, AND THAT JUST CREATES THIS HUGE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, WHICH KEEPS EVERYBODY CLOSE AND TOGETHER.

THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IN THE SUMMER IN PERU, INDIANA.

THEY GO TO THE CIRCUS.

>> AND FINALLY, THE STORY BEHIND AN INSTRUMENT THAT WOULD BE RIGHT AT HOME IN PERU'S CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL PARADE.

PRODUCER ADAM CARROLL HAS THE STORY BEHIND INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S HISTORIC CALLIOPE.

>> IMAGINE A CROSS BETWEEN A PIPE ORGAN AND A FIRE SIREN, AND YOU HAVE GOT A CALLIOPE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ALTHOUGH THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE CLAIM TO HAVE DEVELOPED THE IDEA OF PLAYING MUSIC THROUGH SEMI-TUNABLE STEAM WHISTLES AND A KEYBOARD, THE FIRST PERSON TO PATENT WAS ON OCTOBER 9th, 1855 AND THAT WAS JOSHUA S. STODDARD OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HE DEVELOPED THE FIRST INSTRUMENT THAT WAS PATENTED.

HE CALLED IT THE AMERICAN PATENTED STEAM PIANO.

IT WAS HIS BROTHER WHO PUT IT ON HIS BOAT THAT GOT IT TO WHERE PEOPLE FIGURED OUT WHAT IT COULD DO, AND THAT IS IT WAS THE PERFECT BALLYHOO INSTRUMENT.

THEY WOULD PLAY IT FOR FIVE MILES OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE IT WOULD CARRY, AND THE SOUND WOULD DRAW PEOPLE DOWN.

P.T.

BARNUM, THE CIRCUS EMPRESARIO, SAW THIS IN 1870.

WAS TAKING A CIRCUS OVER THE RIVER IN ABERDEEN, OHIO, AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE PERFECT WAY TO END THE CIRCUS PARADE, PUTTING IT IN THE PARADE, BUT HE DIDN'T LIKE THE NAME THAT IT WAS PATENTED UNDER WHICH WAS THE AMERICAN PATENTED STEAM PIANO, AND SO HE THOUGHT HE WOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SHOWY.

SO HE WENT TO HIS BOOK OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND PULLED UP THE NAME CALLIOPE.

SHE WAS THE SEVENTH GREEK MUSE OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY, AND SHE WAS NOTED FOR HER BEAUTY AND ELOQUENCE OF VOICE AND HE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT NAME FOR HIS INSTRUMENT.

REALLY FROM THAT POINT, AGAIN, STAYED THE CALLING CARD OF THE CIRCUS, THE EXCURSION BOAT AND THE SHOW BOAT UNTIL THE 1920s WHEN THE CIRCUSES STOPPED CARRYING THEM.

BY 1950, NO CIRCUS CARRIED ONE.

EXCURSION BOATS, THOUGH, STILL CARRIED THEM.

>> THE EXCURSIONS AND SHOW BOATS CARRIES PASSENGERS AND CARGO UP AND DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI AND THROUGHOUT SETTLEMENTS IN THE MIDWEST.

ONE SUCH BOAT, THE MAJESTIC CARRIED ONE OF THE LAST CALLIOPES EVER BUILT AND WAS USED UNTIL 1960 WHEN IT WAS DONATED TO INDIANA UNIVERSITY.

>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY RAN IT UNTIL 1967, AND THEY WOULD GO TOWN TO TOWN, JUST LIKE THE OLD SHOW BOATS.

STEAM POWERED CALLIOPE CAN CARRY UP TO FIVE MILES.

THEY LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE SHOW BOAT IS HERE AND WE ARE READY TO GET STARTED.

>> FOR SEVEN YEARS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY USED BOTH THE STEAMBOAT AND THE CALLIOPE AND EVERYTHING THAT CAME WITH IT, BUT EVENTUALLY THE MAJESTIC WAS SOLD.

>> WHEN I.U.

SOLD THE SHOW BOAT, THEY KEPT THE PILOT WHEEL FROM THE ATTABOY, AND THEY KEPT THE CALLIOPE.

THE CALLIOPE WAS PUT IN STORAGE UP IN BLOOMINGTON, AND IN 1976, THE THEATER DEPARTMENT PUT IT TOGETHER IN A RECREATION OF A CIRCUS WAGON.

THEY PUT THE CALLIOPE IN THERE, JUST AS IT WAS AND LITERALLY TOURED THE STATE OF INDIANA WITH IT.

WE HAVE TOURED WITH THAT CALLIOPE SINCE THEN.

VERY FEW YEARS HAS IT NOT RUN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ABOUT A TEN-YEAR RUN BETWEEN 2007 AND 2017, WHEN IT DIDN'T GO OUT ON THE ROAD.

>> AND AS IT SET IN STORAGE, IT DECAYED, THE CALLIOPE SILENCED BY YEARS OF NEGLECT.

♪ ♪ UNTIL J.T.

FORBES, C.E.O.

OF THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STEPPED IN TO TAKE THIS PIECE OF HOOSIER HISTORY AND INTRODUCE IT TO A NEW AUDIENCE.

>> I GOT THE CALL FROM J.T.

SAYING THAT THEY WANTED TO REWORK THE HOMECOMING PARADE, TRY TO, YOU KNOW, ADD SOME NEW ENERGY TO IT, AND ONE OF THE PIECES THEY WANTED TO WORK WITH TO DO THAT WAS THE CALLIOPE.

WOULD I BE WILLING TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT?

SO I WENT UP AND LOOKED AT IT, AND SOME OF THE WOODWORK WAS CLEARLY IN BAD REPAIR.

SO WE ENDED UP TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE WHO COULD DO THAT KIND OF WORK, AND ENDED UP WITH A COMPANY DOWN OUT OF BLOOMINGTON, MONROE RESTORATION.

SO HE CAME UP AND LOOKED AT IT.

TURNED OUT THE UNIT WAS IN MUCH WORSE SHAPE THAN WE THOUGHT IT.

FROM SITTING THERE ALL OF THOSE YEARS, WE HAD A LOT OF DRY ROT.

AND TIM LOOKED AT IT AND SAID WE HAVE TO STRIP IT DOWN TO ITS FRAME AND REBUILD IT.

>> THE GOAL OF THE RENOVATION WAS TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL CALLIOPE.

THEY REALIZED CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE HEATING AND THE STEAM SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

AFTER THE RESTORATION WAS FINISHED, THE CALLIOPE MADE ITS FIRST JOURNEY TO THE I.U.

HOMECOMING PARADE IN 2016.

SINCE THEN, IT'S BECOME A POPULAR ATTRACTION AT EVENTS ACROSS THE STATE.

THIS CALLIOPE HARKENS BACK TO THE CIRCUS, TO STEAMBOATS AND TO LIFE ON THE RIVER.

IT IS A PIECE OF U.S. HISTORY, THE STATE'S HISTORY AND NOW MORE THAN EVER, PART OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S HISTORY.

♪ >> THIS IS A PART OF HISTORY THAT GOES BACK BEYOND YOUR GRANDPARENTS AND YOUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS BECAUSE THIS WAS THE WAY WE ADVERTISED 150 YEARS AGO.

HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST BORING SUBJECT YOU WILL EVER GO THROUGH IN SCHOOL, BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE LEARN FROM OUR HISTORY.

AND OUR HISTORY HAS MANY DIFFERENT FACETS.

IT WAS THE WAY THE CIRCUS ADVERTISED.

YOU KNOW, THE CALLIOPE WAS THE LAST UNIT IN THE PARADE.

THAT WAS THE FOLLOW ME TO THE BIG TOP, TO THE SHOW.

SO I THINK THE REASON TO KEEP A CALLIOPE AROUND IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.

AND WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM OUR HISTORY, SO WHY NOT HAVE AN AUDIBLE REMINDER OF WHAT HISTORY WAS?

♪ >> BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE, LET'S TAKE A BIT MORE TIME TO LOOK AT ALL THE DETAILS OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CIRCUS DIORAMA.

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