Ames,_Colorado

Ames, Colorado

Ames, Colorado

Unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States

Ames is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Ames is the site of the world's first system to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant.[citation needed] The Ames post office operated from December 20, 1880, until June 3, 1922. [2]

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  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ames
  2. [2]
    Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
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