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Frontier printer recalls Comanche days and education
A reminiscence describes Charley Steffens leading early Comanche brass players, band rivalries, and doors opened by railroad changes. The author recalls youth on the frontier, work at the Chief, and a longing for university education sparked by Vanderbilt earlier, plus later study in Nashville and at northern colleges.
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Charley Steffens
Riess
George Hamm
Mr. Russell
Comanche
Vanderbilt University
Henry Watterson
Charles A. Dana
Tennessee
Fort Worth
Joe Hill
Kentucky
Russell
James Nabers
James Bevins
Menard
Washington
Jim Bonner
Bailey
Jim Nabers
Dora Greene
Mitchel Overstreet
Paper
Nashville
Blue Grass
Dodge City
Dallas
Galveston
New Orleans
Memphis
Old
Northern College
The
News
Old Comanche Town
Steel
Wilson
Doc Hamilton
Max Elser
Dana
Old Comanche