Dr. Brewster Higley
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Dr. Brewster Higley Author of "Home on the Range"
Waymark Code: WMFK78
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2012
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Dr. Brewster Higley was the author of the words to the song "Home on the Range." He was born in 1822 in Indiana and died in 1911 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
The following is taken from a marker the Oklahoma Historical Society and the State Highway Commission placed in 1959:
"Home on the Range"
Author's grave in Fairview Cemetery
Dr. Brewster Higley (b. 1822) of Indiana wrote this song when he lived in Kansas. The words were printed in a local paper (1873), and became a favorite song along the cattle trails. First published in 1910, the author never saw a copy nor received a cent of royalty. His last home was in Shawnee, Okla., where he died May 11, 1911.
Description:
Author of "Home on the Range"
Date of birth: 11/30/1823
Date of death: 05/11/1911
Area of notoriety: Literature
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
Web site: Not listed
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