Oklahoma Musicians

Comanche County

Musical history, people, ensembles, photographs, and source material from the Oklahoma Musicians Library.

The musical history of Comanche County.

The Oklahoma Musicians Library’s research scope and supporting notes for Comanche County.

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Read the full account, chronology, named ensembles and people, source links, and research notes. These library reports reflect their original research passes; related records below may add later evidence.

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35 linked records. Connections follow county names and communities documented in the sources; they do not establish a birthplace, exact historical boundary, or continuous residence.

Photographs and visual sources.

Photograph of part of Satanta's band of Kiowa with horses outside a sutler's store at the Kiowa Agency at Fort Sill.
Kiowas at Sutler's StorePhotograph of part of Satanta's band of Kiowa with horses outside a sutler's store at the Kiowa Agency at Fort Sill.Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Lawton Band in Lawton and gives the evidence date as 1900s-1920s.
Lawton BandThe reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Lawton Band in Lawton and gives the evidence date as 1900s-1920s.Community and Municipal Bands · Original source
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charles B. Tyler FT Sill wife (Mrs. C. B. Tyler)"
[Photograph 2012.201.B1318.0406]Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charles B. Tyler FT Sill wife (Mrs. C. B. Tyler)"Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "CWO Charles B. Tyler U. S Army retired"
[Photograph 2012.201.B1318.0405]Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "CWO Charles B. Tyler U. S Army retired"Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
The Oklahoma Eagle identifies Pressley and his Notes of Lawton as the band scheduled for a Tulsa Labor Day dance and previously well received at a formal.
Pressley and his Notes of LawtonThe Oklahoma Eagle identifies Pressley and his Notes of Lawton as the band scheduled for a Tulsa Labor Day dance and previously well received at a formal.Jazz, Dance, Territory, and Commercial Bands · Original source
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Guitar music has more soul than most folks might think, Rev. Bob Ireton feels."
[Photograph 2012.201.B0322B.0182]Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Guitar music has more soul than most folks might think, Rev. Bob Ireton feels."Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
Ensemble

77th Army Band

Official lineage activated at Fort Sill in 1955; selected image 1995