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Corner Stone Laying New Federal Block History
Continued from page 41 details Ames city governance from 1870s to 1910s, listing mayors, clerks, and officials, and describes the town's transition to city of second class, utilities development including waterworks, electric plant, sewers, and school district evolutions with key dates and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Federal
A Bizelow
J. H. Miller
Paxton
J. H. Alexander
Giles ‘Ook
Meehan
Wm. West
W. D. Lucas
Ames
B. Turner
Smith
Wm. Clark
BE. R. Chamberlain
Henry Wilson
Parley Sheldon
W. M. Greeley
Walter Means
W. WD. Lucas
G. A. Under Wood
Geo. . Tilden
John Watts
M. C. Jones
Party Sheldon
Aines
M. K. Smith
L. (. Tilden
Sovarro Cramer
Thomas Thompson
Galen Tilden
A. B. Maxwell
Carl L. Little
Fourth Ward
Vnliue of Ute
IG. G. Tilden
Isaac Black
H. F. Kingsbury
T. Welt
Win, West
Hf. R. Bardwell
H F. Kingsbury
N. A Ranholt
Perkins
Ctty Wbrary
Emma Chamberlain
Ames @itivens
Main Street
Fort Dodge
Des Moines and Southern
Ames and College Railway
Colege
Interurban
Des Moines
Margaret Hall