July 21, 1915 – The Iowa City Daily Press welcomes 2000 “bravest of the brave” – the members of the Iowa State Firemen’s Association – to Iowa Athens (Iowa City).

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.

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