Former Globe reporter finishes his story: Why a Mason City?
Exactly, how in the world? To explore for an answer to the question, we have to begin with a second question: What were the exciting events and changes happening in the United States in the 1830s, 1840s, and early 1850s that gave birth to a Mason City? How did all this cause two entrepreneurial adventurers from Winnebago County, Illinois, to make their way to a small wooded area at the junction of two creeks to build cabins ⦠and declare a few acres of wooded land the community of Masonic Grove? The two entrepreneurial adventurers, John B. Long and John L. McMillin, were close friends, p...
Source: globegazette.com