It was established by Charlie Pease. He was the Ford Representative who was located in the building on Railroad Street called the Old Tyme Saloon when it burned down in the late 1990's. He also printed the Connecticut Western Newspaper that he had taken over from his father in the same building. Charlie Pease moved to Canaan with his family in 1871 when he was 6 years old.

Other members of the band have been identified by number, as in the picture above:

2.) Harry Eggleston lived in Salisbury and Founded The Lakeville Salisbury Band in 1927.

3.)  Mason Noble lived in house on RT 44 on north side just before you got onto Dutchers bridge. Veteran of Spanish American War. he lived in Florida when he was in the war. He was a farmer by trade but he would rather lay in his hammock and read in his front yard. He was a great reader. As he got along in years, Mason would walk into Canaan and go to the hardware store on Railroad Street nearly every morning. Got to town before 7:3Oam to visit the hardware store. Always carried an old seed bag, made of ticking with his belongings in it. Talked about old times with his Yankee accent.... "one of the things I learned when I got to be an old man was that so many things I knew were true when I was a young fellow weren't 'so tall'".

6.)  Harry Waller 'man about town', guard at the railroad crossing on Main Street in Canaan in front of the Railroad station, played vaudeville minstrel show, good tap dancer, story teller. He always had a story at his work post and greeted everyone but.never with an off color story. He worked at the Canaan Dinner for awhile. Bill Dempsey, plumber from Salisbury, was a story teller himself and Cy Nash were supposed to be going to Norfolk to do some plumbing work but they stopped in the gas station in Canaan and ran into Harry Waller and the three of them started telling stories and spent the entire morning swapping stories. They went and had lunch and then spent the rest of the afternoon swapping stories with Harry and they never did get to Norfolk that day..

9.) Steve Hendry, Cousin of Fred Hall, immigrated in 1910 from England, Fred Hall mothers were sisters, brick layer by trade. Clown, yodel, played string, wind and brass instruments. Was an entertainer whenever he got a chance. Favorite instrument was a trombone. Lived in Ashley Falls 1910 to 1912 but moved to Waterbury to pursue tool-making trade. Drank too much in Waterbury and joined the Army and ended up on the Mexican border under General Pershing pursuing Poncho Villa.

11.) Leader of the Band Eddie Adams, Trumpet player, He was a mechanic in Canaan working for the Ford dealer assembling new cars. At the Ford dealer, there was a ramp in the building and Model T's were assembled on the second floor by Eddie Adams and they were let down the ramp and out onto the street when complete.

13,) Howard 'Slats' Lathrope, member of fire company, worked for Connecticut power company at the company garage in Canaan.

15.)  John Armstong Veteran of WW 1.