Town and community · added September 14, 2026
Guthrie inauguration band participation, January 1906
Evidence note · high confidenceWhat the evidence supports
Report names bands accompanying Enid and Oklahoma City delegations, Edmond’s military band, and bands from El Reno, Tonkawa, Jefferson and Medford, alongside Perkins. It reports music throughout the day.
Limits and open questions
Publication January 18 is not assigned as event date. Formal identities of generic city bands remain unresolved. No separate additional records from each mention; musicians traveling with bands does not establish that individual members transferred between ensembles.
Confidence detail: high. Evidence notes are not a count of distinct ensembles.
Sources
The Hartshorne Sun. (Hartshorne, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1906 - Page 2 of 14 - The Gateway to Oklahoma History