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Mr. Toot is the mascot not only of the North Iowa Band Festival, but also for Mason City as a whole. His image has appeared on everything from T-Shirts to business cards to city light poles. Now his image also appears on the geocaching map just south of Mason City Iowa. Each of these puzzles will include a fact or story in theme with the art series. Some may also include a question or two for you to answer correctly to find the coordinates.
Mason City
The census of 1915 gave Mason City a population of 17,152, entitling it to all the emoluments and privileges of a city of the first class. The city had leaped forward from 6,747 in 1900 and 11,230 in 1910 and then in 1915 passed the 15,000 population mark required for designation as a city of the first class. On February 16, 1916, it was so declared by the executive council of the state.
At the helm of the city government at this important moment was colorful, able Mayor Truman A. Potter, who years before had come to Mason City from his native Britt as an associate of B.C. Way in the telephone business.