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History of Muscatine YMCA Dates to 1868
A Muscatine YMCA history recounts initial efforts beginning February 28, 1868 by 18 men, the 1877 library and reading rooms, and later constructions including the 1902 building plans, the 1908 pool funded by P. M. Musser, and leadership of Ben Gallaher and Melvin Sussex. The piece details major expansions in 1955 57 and ongoing plans for an $800 000 addition with 35 sleeping rooms, showing the long community effort to establish YMCA facilities.
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