The Marshall City Band was organized in 1875. Professor L. A. Wallace organized the group. Professor Wallace was a professor at the college where the North Elementary School now stands. The band originally had 15 to 20 members. During this era, any band was generally a brass band.
Brass bands consist of comets, alto horns, trombones, baritones, tubas, snare and bass drums.
Woodwind instruments did not become popular until the early 1900s. The bands generally played songs of their own eras. John Phillip Sousa and Carl King marches were popular pieces. Along with marches, overtures, such as the William Tell Overture , Peak Daub , White Cavalry, Point and Pheasant , were played. The bandstand we have today was built in 1929.