Miami in Ottawa County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Steve & Cassie Gaines

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 8, 2015

1. Steve & Cassie Gaines Marker

Inscription.
Miamians Steve and Cassie Gaines were musicians and singers for the legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Cassie was an original member of the "Honkettes", the female back-up singers for the band. She helped get her brother, Steve, an audition. Steve wrote some of the famous songs for the band's 1977 album "Street Survivors". Popular and well known throughout America, both were killed in a plane crash on October 20, 1977 while touring with the Lynyrd Skynyrd band.

Erected by Coleman Theatre.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Disasters • Entertainment • Women. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1824.

Location. 36° 52.609′ N, 94° 52.669′ W. Marker is in Miami, Oklahoma, in Ottawa County. It is on Main Street (Route 66) (U.S. 69) south of 2nd Avenue NW, on the right when traveling south. Marker is on the Coleman Theatre Celebrity Park Wall of Fame. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 103 North Main Street, Miami OK 74354, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Quapaw Nation,

specifically in the Cherokee Nation,

and in Northeast Oklahoma — Green Country.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Ozarks,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: David Froman (here, next to this marker); Moscelyne Larkin (here, next to this marker); Charles Banks Wilson (here, next to this marker); Charles Wayne "Tinker" Owens

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(here, next to this marker); Carol Littleton (here, next to this marker); David Osborne (here, next to this marker); Bill Hudson Hastings (here, next to this marker); Steve Owens (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Miami.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . .
1. Steve Gaines. All Music website entry (Submitted on March 30, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. Steve Gaines. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on March 30, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

3. Cassie Gaines. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on March 30, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

4. The Coleman Theatre. Theater website homepage (Submitted on March 30, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Coleman Theatre Celebrity Park Wall of Fame image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

2. Coleman Theatre Celebrity Park Wall of Fame

Coleman Theatre Celebrity Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. Coleman Theatre Celebrity Park Marker

Coleman Theatre image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. Coleman Theatre

Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 30, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,253 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 30, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on February 1, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.