This week, 146 years ago, the area was visited by a memorable agglomeration of circus, zoo, and exhibition hall known as the United Monster Show, which in that time period was a principal rival to the legendary Barnum & Bailey operation. Coup, the monster show was hugely successful, but was near the abrupt end of its spectacular run when it came here. The Wild Men of Borneo were actually from Knox County, and indeed are buried in Mound View Cemetery in Mount Vernon. His United Monster Show for the season of 1879 has been acknowledged by press and public as his crowning effort. Fortunately, it wasn’t the train carrying the production’s personnel which wrecked, so the loss of life was low.