Surprisingly, many don’t realize that for 65+ years (1860’s into the 1920’s), Iowa City was known to most people – in and out of the state – as the Athens of Iowa.
April 3, 1861 – The editors of The Iowa Democratic State Press – John W. Van Hosen and John G. Given – encourage Iowa Citians to attend an evening lecture held at Metropolitan Hall, calling our fair community by its newly-created nickname – The Athens of Iowa.
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