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with RICK REILEY
The Shawnee Music Trail
THE KUPPERS and THE GUITAR VAULT On West Moses street here in Cushing, at the S.W. corner of Kings Highway, there used to be an historical marker that called attention to the location of what was known as the West Shawnee Cattle Trail. As we all know history has a way of fading from view and that trail marker is gone now. Just like the cattle trail and that particular Cushing/Shawnee connection. But I recently discovered a more recent Cushing/ Shawnee connection; The Guitar Vault- owned and oper-
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ated by Tyler and Karly (Murphree) Kupper of Shawnee. The connection? Karly was raised in Cushing and graduated from CHS in 2014. Tyler and Karly Kupper are the owners and operators of The Guitar Vault in Shawnee, OK. From info provided the Guitar Vault: “Tyler was born in Arlington, TX and was raised in Waxahachie, TX. He graduated from Waxahachie High School in 2012 and served in the United States Marine
