Copies of Matthew Brady photograph of Massachusetts congressman Oakes Ames from the National Archives in Washington D. C. John I. Blair, the railroad mogul who platted the original town of Ames named the town after his friend Oakes Ames, who actually never set foot in the town. (See also: 124.680.4-5)
Citation: 124.680.1-3
Year: 1865 (approx.)
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