Booth's Escape Route

[Bill Richter]

Just a guess. . . . Musical instruments in the Old South included harmonica, Jew's Harp, fiddle (violin), jug, spoons. I do not think the guitar or trumpet (mariachi style) came in until Hispanic influence increased as the New Southwest was settled, beginning with Texas around San Antonio and westward, but especially with Southern California, Colorado (big Hispanic areas between Denver and Santa Fe west to Alamosa around the headwaters of the Rio Grande, see James Mitchner's Centennial, e.g., for a good story) and New Mexico, mostly after the Civil War.