Ames: A Ride Through Town on the Dinkey
(Part of the Images of America: Iowa Series)
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Ames has been referred to as a railroad town; more correctly the railroad established itself at the same moment that Iowa Agricultural College, now Iowa State University, was taking form. While the railroad helped to develop Ames, it was the college that drew people with names like Welch, Beardshear, "Tama Jim" Wilson, Charles F. Curtiss, and their successors. The flourishing academic community also drew families like the Loughrans and the Tildens,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0738519332
ISBN13:9780738519333
Release Date:December 2001
Publisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Length:128 Pages
Weight:1.16 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"
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