Oklahoma Musicians

Newspaper history

Lacey Cornet Band — Weekly Oklahoma State Capital.

The August 1, 1896 Lacey Locals column reports weekly Tuesday-night playing at Hobbs schoolhouse and describes the band as six months old.

Weekly Oklahoma State Capital., 1896-08-01, page 6
Weekly Oklahoma State Capital., 1896-08-01, page 6 · Original source

Source identification

Weekly Oklahoma State Capital., 1896-08-01, page 6. Source name as printed: Lacey cornet band

Reading the evidence

The current catalog period is 1899. This is earlier dated activity evidence; the phrase six months old is not converted into an exact founding day.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc275554/m1/6/