Historical evidence ·
Muskogee Merchants' Band
The reviewed sources document Muskogee Merchants' Band in Muskogee. The dates below describe the evidence available; they do not establish the band's complete lifespan.
- Community
- Muskogee
- Historical setting
- Indian Territory
- Ensemble
- commercially supported community band; brass/wind instrumentation partly evidenced by concert program
- Earliest reviewed evidence
- 1902 — listed in the 1902–03 directory; concert announced 1902-08-07
- Later reviewed evidence
- 1902-09-25 report — returned from Denison the prior day
- People named in the sources
- Prof. Mockel (leader/bandmaster, Aug–Sep 1902); W. W. Bowers (directory-listed leader; snapshot date unresolved); Will Revers (baritone solo); Pfenenhauser (saxophone solo; spelling uncertain)
What remains uncertain
Relationship to the 1876 Muskogee Brass Band and later Muskogee ensembles unresolved
Three contemporary clippings plus a contemporaneous territorial directory; high for entity/name/activity and reported leaders, but chronology, leadership succession, roster spellings and several Muskogee event outcomes remain unresolved.
Sources and access
- Internet Archive / Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center — R.L. Polk & Co.'s Oklahoma and Indian Territory Gazetteer and Business Directory, PT.2
- Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat — The Band Needs You. You Need the Band / Band Concert Tonight — 1902-08-07 p. 1 — supplied clipping; public item link unavailable
- Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat — Merchant's Band at Denison — 1902-09-25 p. 4 — supplied clipping; public item link unavailable
- Muskogee Evening Times — Attend the Band Concert Tonight — 1902-08-22 p. 2 — supplied clipping; public item link unavailable
- Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat — Grand Gift Concert advertisement — supplied clipping; public item link unavailable
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