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Pecos Orchestra: Training, members, and fate of early group
A historical note on the Pecos symphony orchestra directed by E. L. Harp and his wife, formed from beginners in Toyah and Barstow. The 1924 portrait fronting First Baptist Church lists members and later lives, highlighting names like Lucy Mitchell Lindsey, Eva Richburg, and W. D. Cowan, with many aging or departed. Notes on missing information and requests for reader updates conclude the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
E.L. Harp
Toyah
Barstow
First Baptist Church
Ralph Williams
Lucy Mitchell Lindsey
Lucy
Brooks
Kate Vaughan
Monroe Slack
Stephens
H.H. Johnson
Elmer Johnson
Wallace Anderson
Wallace Connally
Lucille Slack
Lucille Humphries
Marfa
Texas
Anna Mahala Murray
Comstock
Gilbert Murray
del Rio
Ruby Poer
Guy Walker
Edna Poer
Buddy Withers
Beverly Vaughan
R.L. Fabrygel
Cherry Street
Loraine Joplin
John Pegran
West Palm Beach
Florida
W.D
Ox’’ Cowan
Lawrence
Kansas
Howell Johnson
Hobbs
N.M
Milford Howard
Howard
Eva Richburg
Jess Grammer
Reeves County
Harps
Horace
Pug
Violinist