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Daniel E. Kelley. Daniel E. Kelley (Rhode Island, February 1843 – Iowa, 1905) was a musician and entertainer, who after moving to Kansas in 1872, wrote the music for "Home on the Range" (following lyrics by Brewster M. Higley ), which became the state song. Kelley played violin with his brothers-in-law in the Harlan Brothers Band, but was ...
Brewster Higley. Poet and doctor. Born: 1823. Died: 1909. Brewster Higley moved from Ohio to Kansas after his first three wives died and the fourth marriage appeared to be headed for divorce. He homesteaded in Smith County in 1871. In 1873 he wrote a poem titled "My Western Home," which had six verses and a chorus.
This song started its life as a poem written by Dr. Brewster Higley in Smith County, Kansas in the early 1870s. Higley originally called it "My Western Home". The poem was published in 1873 in the "Smith County Pioneer" as "Oh Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam". A patient of Dr. Higley's persuaded him to have the words put to music ...
The song Home on the Range was written by Daniel E. Kelley and Brewster M. Higley and was first recorded and released by Vernon Dalhart in 1927. It was covered by Riders in the Sky and Wilford Brimley, The Hi-Flyers, The Ranch Boys, Buddy Spencer Trio and other artists.
Feb 1, 2023 · The Origins “Home on the Range” was born from a poem, titled “My Western Home.” It was written by otolaryngologist Dr. Brewster M. Higley in the early 1870s after he had moved from Indiana ...
Apr 29, 2002 · April 29, 2002 -- When Dr. Brewster Higley sat down on the banks of Kansas' Beaver Creek in 1872 and jotted down the lines that would become "Home on the Range," he had little notion that his words would reverberate well into the next century. By the time he died in 1911, the rest of the country had little idea of the song's true origins.
Jan 24, 2023 · He added a historical insight into what he feels is the county's "good fortune" and related an incident between Higley and the late L. T. “Trube" Reese, an early resident of Smith Center. "Reese said he discovered Higley's words to 'Home on the Range' on a piece of foolscap paper in Higley's cabin back in 1873," Lee said.
