Ames: A Ride Through Town on the Dinkey

by Farwell T. Brown

Book Overview

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"