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March 14, 1902 – As the U.S. House of Representatives talks about admitting three new states into the union, Arizona, New Mexico & Oklahoma, Iowa City’s clothier – Coast & Son – advertises their new men’s spring hats in the Daily Iowa State Press.
In the spring of 1854, the Coast family rolled into Iowa City from Youngstown, Ohio, and soon Pappa Coast was buying and selling land with the best of them. His son, William P., was one of SUI’s first students, and by 1890 had financed a new building, opening a new clothing store on Clinton Street – right across from Old Capitol. By 1906, William P.’s two sons had joined in, and Coast & Sons Clothiers was born. Over the next 35 years, the Coast family offered Iowa Citians one of the finest men’s clothing stores in the country.
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