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Wagoner Band

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Wagoner Band in Wagoner and gives the evidence date as 1920s. The source identifies Professor Murat as director.

Wagoner city band and proposed bandmaster
Wagoner city band and proposed bandmaster · Original source

County navigation follows places named in the source records. A city crossing county boundaries can link to more than one county; this does not establish an exact historical location, birthplace or current residence.

People and leadership

The source identifies Professor Murat as director.

Community and organization

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

Reading the evidence

The evidence for Wagoner Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats 1920s as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

Questions for further research

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

Dated evidence in this record
  1. 1920-07-15

    A July 15, 1920 Wagoner newspaper describes a 20-piece city band and a mayoral/commission discussion of a city-funded bandmaster position. The band’s existence is established; adoption of the proposed funding is not.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1754890/m1/1/