Missoulians have always loved music, especially band music. Within a few years of the city’s establishment, the Missoula Coronet Band was formed.
The band, wrote the local paper, was “progressing finely, under the instruction of the efficient teacher, Professor A.B. Charpie.”
“Additional instruments have been ordered, increasing the number to nine, and others will perhaps be added during the fall. Not withstanding the arduous labor connected with it, the interest is kept up and the band will be a success.”…