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The best effect of any
book is that it excites
the reader to self activity.
Thomas Carlyle
(1795-1881)

  
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The Lee P. Loomis Archive of Mason City History
The Mason City Public Library is collecting documents, letters, photographs and other resources pertaining to Mason City's past. This includes oral and written personal histories and memories.
             


Contact the Archive:
Telephone: (641) 421-2721
E-Mail: archive@mcpl.org

  
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The Dillinger Robbery
One of the most famous events in
Mason City took place in 1934. Click
here for an account of the robbery.

  

History Of Mason City
Mason City: The Early Years

  

Timeline
Which came first—the
telephone or electricity?
 
   

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Photographic galleries
Pictures of Mason City's History

 

  

Bogardus Blueprints
Buildings by a local architect