| Marker Number |
7005 |
| Atlas Number |
5005007005 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Rehearsal Hall for The Hoo Hoo Band |
| Index Entry |
Hoo Hoo Band, Site of Rehearsal Hall for |
| Address |
105 S. Cotton Square |
| City |
Lufkin |
| County |
Angelina |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
335482 |
| UTM Northing |
3468481 |
| Subject Codes |
music |
| Marker Year |
1982 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Perry Building, SE corner S. Cotton Square and W. Lufkin Ave. Marker faces W. Lufkin Ave. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
At the turn of the century, a group of Lufkin men organized a town brass band. It later became known as the Hoo Hoo Band after representing Texas at a national convention of the Order of Hoo Hoo, an organization of American and Canadian lumbermen. In addition to concerts in nearby Cotton (Calder) Square, the band performed at various events and also directed such civic projects as the formation of the town's fire department. Inactive by the 1920s when school bands became popular, the Hoo Hoo Band remans a symbol of Lufkin's early civic pride and quality of life. (1982) |
