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Tahlequah Cornet Band

Also documented as: Tahlequah Brass Band

TahlequahDocumented 1872; later concert activity documentedCornet band
Documented history with gaps
Master record112
Newspaper clipping from Cherokee Advocate, August 3, 1872, page 3, documenting Tahlequah brass band.

Operational evidence

Tahlequah brass band

A music teacher returned from Fayetteville and was giving lessons to the Tahlequah brass band in 1872.

Cherokee Advocate, August 3, 1872, p. 3. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

NEWS-041 · High confidence · 2724 × 1291 JPEG

Underlying newspaper issue published before 1923; public-domain publication. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Gateway credit retained under current Gateway citation guidance.

Open full-resolution article imageGateway citation guidance

Documented overview

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Tahlequah Cornet Band in Tahlequah and gives the evidence date as Active 1889.; A 1872 report says W. A. McCandless was giving lessons to the Tahlequah brass band; a later item documents a seasonal concert.

Documented history with gaps. The record supports a public history, with important limitations stated on the page.

History

Identity and chronology

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Tahlequah Cornet Band in Tahlequah and gives the evidence date as Active 1889.; A 1872 report says W. A. McCandless was giving lessons to the Tahlequah brass band; a later item documents a seasonal concert.

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Tahlequah Cornet Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Tahlequah Cornet Band is treated as a community or municipal band because the evidence ties it to Tahlequah. Municipal ownership, public funding, and organizational continuity are not inferred from a town name alone.

Adult or plausibly adult; exact participation model may remain unverified.

Activity

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Tahlequah Cornet Band in Tahlequah and gives the evidence date as Active 1889.; A 1872 report says W. A. McCandless was giving lessons to the Tahlequah brass band; a later item documents a seasonal concert.

Why this band matters

Named Oklahoma community or municipal ensemble with durable evidence (Tahlequah Cornet Band).

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Tahlequah Cornet Band in Tahlequah and gives the evidence date as Active 1889.; A 1872 report says W. A. McCandless was giving lessons to the Tahlequah brass band; a later item documents a seasonal concert.

    Source 1

Primary-source images

Newspaper evidence

These article images document the named band or event. They are evidence pages, not standalone photographs of the ensemble.

Newspaper clipping from The Tahlequah Arrow, November 17, 1900, page 4, documenting Tahlequah Cornet Band.

Operational evidence

Tahlequah Cornet Band

The Tahlequah Cornet Band gave its initial seasonal concert.

The Tahlequah Arrow, November 17, 1900, p. 4. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

NEWS-148 · High confidence · 2612 × 2227 JPEG

Underlying newspaper issue published before 1923; public-domain publication. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Gateway credit retained under current Gateway citation guidance.

Open full-resolution article imageGateway citation guidance

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Tahlequah Cornet Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats Documented 1872; later concert activity documented as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For Tahlequah Cornet Band: confirm founding and closing dates, directors, membership, sponsorship, performances, and any successor organization from primary sources.

Evidence

Sources

The controlling project citation was reconciled against W. Scott Barger, We Want a Band!: A History of Community Bands in Oklahoma (book addendum, pp. 56–58), and the user-supplied newspaper corpus (NEWS-041 and NEWS-148). The proposed-only NEWS-159 item is retained in the research ledger but is not used as proof of operation.

  1. W. Scott Barger, We Want a Band!: A History of Community Bands in OklahomaBook addendum, pp. 56–58; user-supplied newspaper corpus: NEWS-041 and NEWS-148

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