E.B. Luke came to Ardmore in the Chickasaw Nation from Detroit, Michigan, in 1893 after his brother Jack Luke, who operated a music and school book store in Oklahoma City, urged him to open a similar business there. In 1895, after obtaining a merchant’s permit from the Chickasaw Nation because he was a non-native American, he opened Luke’s Music Store on East Main Street near the site of the Whittington Hotel. After the 1915 railyard explosion, the store moved to 212 West Main. In its early years, pianos were delivered by horse and buggy, and E.B. kept six teams busy carrying them to customers throughout the Chickasaw Nation. Over time he broadened the store’s merchandise beyond pianos, adding appliances during World War I, and because one of the piano companies he represented sponsored pianos for winter recreation and outboard motors for summer fun, the business also became a dealer for Evinrude Outboard Motors. After his father’s death in 1942, Ed A. Luke operated the store, and following World War II he expanded the product line further by adding a complete line of sporting goods. The store later closed after Ed Luke’s death. By selling pianos, records, sheet music, household appliances, and sporting goods, the business brought cultural refinement to the community and also served many young people seeking hunting and fishing licenses, becoming a historic mercantile landmark and a source of pride in Ardmore.