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The Ames Monument is a large pyramid in Albany County, Wyoming, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and dedicated to brothers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames Jr., Union Pacific Railroad financiers. It marked the highest point on the first transcontinental railroad , at 8,247 feet (2,514 m).
Ames room. Photograph of two adults standing in an Ames room, apparently with a significant difference in size. An Ames room is a distorted room that creates an optical illusion. Likely influenced by the writings of Hermann Helmholtz, [1] it was invented by American scientist Adelbert Ames Jr. in 1946, [2] and constructed in the following year.
Aldrich Ames. Aldrich Hazen Ames ( / eɪmz /; born June 26, 1941) is an American former CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The City of Ames is bustling with potential and new development. From the 40-acre CYTown entertainment district to a major expansion of the Ames History Museum, the Ames Tribune has compiled a ...
A goal that stretched more than five years is headed toward reality as the city of Ames prepares to build nearly 40 low-income housing units near the Iowa State University campus.. The city is ...
Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy hugs his mom, Carrie Purdy, after leading the Cyclones to a 48-14 win over TCU on Nov. 26, 2021, at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames. "I loved every minute of it ...
Ames Department Stores, Inc. was an American chain of discount stores based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States.The company was founded in 1958 with a store in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and at its peak operated 700 stores in 20 states, including the Northeast, Upper South, Midwest, and the District of Columbia, making it the fourth-largest discount retailer in the country.
VEISHEA. VEISHEA (pronounced "VEE-sha" [1]) was an annual week-long celebration held each spring on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The celebration featured a parade and many open-house demonstrations of the university facilities and departments. Campus organizations exhibited products and technologies and held fund raisers ...