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How’s your US geography? Utilizing its natural resources and its position on the Winnebago River, Mason City by 1912 was producing more brick and tile and more Portland cement than any city in the world. The prosperous magnates of the city now needed fancy houses, and in 1907, architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed some world-famous buildings: the Stockman House (1908), the City National Bank building (1910), and the only remaining Wright hotel in the world, The Park Inn Hotel (1910).
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In 1951, Bro Meredith Willson began work on a musical, set in Mason City (but referred to as River City) The story is about a salesman trying to convince the citizens to start a boys' band – a very philanthropic, Masonic kind of story. Warner Brothers bought the movie rights and in 1962 "The Music Man" was launched. Mason City now has a Music Man Square, and the city hosts the annual Mason City Band Festival. Bro Meredith Willson served as a Major in WWII. From Rural Lodge Newsletter 9 |
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