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Lucian Cooper Tilden, born in Vermont, moved to Ames as an infant in 1869 with his parents, George G. and Lydia Cooper Tilden, from Vermont. George G. Tilden opened the store which would become the Tilden Store Company. This cartoon of Lou Tilden appeared in the November 15, 1917, "Ames Evening Times" series called "Our Men of Affairs." The text reads, from upper left to lower right: A RESIDENT OF THE FIRST WARD FOR FORTY-EIGHT YEARS; ABOUT HIS SIZE IN 1869 WHEN HE LANDED IN AMES FROM VERMONT; GRADUATE AMES HIGH SCHOOL IN 1883; GRADUATE IOWA STATE COLLEGE IN 1888; PRESIDENT HOSPITAL BOARD; MEMBER A.E. & A.M., K.T. 100 F.; THE KIND HE CATCHES AT CLEAR LAKE; AT THE COUNTRY CLUB; PRESIDENT BOARD OF EDUCATION; HE WAS MAYOR OF AMES 1897 & 1898; PRESIDENT OF THE TILDEN STORE CO. THE SHOW PLACE OF AMES, BETTER MERCHANDISE, BETTER SERVICE; TREASURER, TILDEN GROCERY CO.; IN HIS OAKLAND.