Oklahoma Musicians

Texas County

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

The musical history of Texas County.

Texas County has one of the strongest located band-history leads in the Oklahoma Panhandle. The No Man's Land Museum in Goodwell reportedly holds a photograph titled “The Guymon Cowboy Band, 1938,” with Hank Herber included in the member list. A related museum account describes a Guymon school band and orchestra directed by M. S. Keith Henderson and a child band mascot wearing a handmade miniature version of the school's new uniforms. (medium)

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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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5 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 used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Mildred Moore, of Guymon, has been confined to a wheelchair for 10 years by arthritis, but that hasn't kept her from teaching piano."
[Photograph 2012.201.B0913.0280]Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Mildred Moore, of Guymon, has been confined to a wheelchair for 10 years by arthritis, but that hasn't kept her from teaching piano."Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source