Showmen's Rest

[1][2] The Showmen's League of America, formed in 1913 with Buffalo Bill Cody as its first president, had recently selected and purchased the burial ground for its members in Woodlawn Cemetery, at the intersection of Cermak Road and Des Plaines Avenue in Forest Park, Illinois.

Services for the victims buried at Showmen's Rest were held five days after the train wreck.

A historical marker at the center of Showmen's Rest at Woodlawn Cemetery honors the 86 people who died in the crash.

[citation needed] One possible explanation for the sounds is nearby Brookfield Zoo, which housed elephants until September 2010.

In Miami, Florida, the largest Showmen's Rest is at Southern Memorial Park, where large elephant and lion statues flank hundreds of markers commemorating circus greats and not-so-greats.