[DOC] [TLE] The Music Man - Wikipedia [PAR] The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, 
based on a story ... Meredith Willson was inspired by his boyhood in Mason City, 
Iowa, to write .... Marian's self-conscious, lisping 10-year-old brother Winthrop 
arrives home. .... The Music Man is set in the fictional town of River City, Iowa, in 
1912. [DOC] [TLE] Remembering Meredith Willson  Fikkle Fame [PAR] Jun 17, 2014 ... Music Man composer Meredith Willson wrote the song Banners And ... 
modeled his River City on his hometown of Mason City in this state. [DOC] [TLE] Meredith Willson: The Real Music Man - Port Washington [PAR] So using his memories of Mason City, Willson created The Music Man. Each 
character in The Music Man's River City is based on someone he knew from 
Mason City. ... the Willson's house every Saturday, and the boy Winthrop who 
solves his ... unyielding Iowa bull-headedness that melts when Harold Hill comes 
to town. [DOC] [TLE] Big Salute to 'Music Man' Creator Strikes Sour Notes - latimes [PAR] Mar 17, 2002 ... Former Mayor Carl Miller raises an eyebrow and jerks his head ... History: 
Tributes to native son Meredith Willson are snubbed by some in town that 
inspired hit musical ... movie "The Music Man" (which itself was modeled after 
Mason City ... the Willson home and River City shops have drawn 33,000 tourists
... [DOC] [TLE] Out On the Prairie, A Real River City - The New York Times [PAR] Jul 2, 2000 ... Mason City, where Willson was born in 1902, has transformed his boyhood home 
into ... What's more, the town's museum of antique trucks is nothing to sneeze at. 
... The Willson house, which was built in 1895, is suffused with light from ... We 
learn that Meredith, the third child, had a sister, Dixie, who taught... [DOC] [TLE] ROLLING ON THE RIVER: Music Man's small town of River City ... [PAR] Nov 6, 2009 ... That way residents of River City can bring a little Iowa stubborn up ... But before 
he can leave town with the cash, a wrench in his plan ... is believed to be 
modeled after Willson's hometown of Mason City, ... It was sometime in 1982, two 
years before "Music Man" author and composer Meredith Willson died. [DOC] [TLE] Broadway hit The Music Man marches into the Queanbeyan ... [PAR] Jun 8, 2016 ... Meredith Willson's first Broadway musical has retained its popularity for ... 
fictionalised form as River City in his 1957 debut Broadway musical, The ... "It 
includes a streetscape modelled after the movie set from Warner Bros," Vikturek 
says. ... A statue of Meredith Willson in his home town of Mason City, Iowa. [DOC] [TLE] Actor Sings Different Tune in 'Music Man' | News OK [PAR] May 31, 1998 ... ... Music" and "The Music Man" and will begin rehearsals for "State Fair" after his 
Lyric debut. ... Willson sets his homespun tale in the mythical town of River City, 
Iowa, but it's actually modeled after his own hometown of Mason City. ... "There's 
a note in the script from Meredith Willson who said this show was... [DOC] [TLE] Earl M. Rogers on Fiction Set in Iowa City [PAR] Many of these novels bring out-of-state visitors to the University or the city, giving 
.... An Iowa country doctor set his first novel at the University in Iowa City. .... The 
author's hometown, Muscatine ("Port City"), and Iowa City are the ..... to believe 
that Iowa City, not Mason City, was Meredith Willson's River City in The Music 
Man. [DOC] [TLE] Iowa's Mason City home to Frank Lloyd Wright legacy - | The Star ... [PAR] Apr 15, 2015 ... Architecture buffs flock to River City to view the Prairie School style ... composed 
by native son Meredith Willson, Wright displeased the good people of this River 
City. ... School home, sparking such a wave of

Question: Meredith Willson modeled his “River City” on his home town of Mason City in this state
Answer: Iowa