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Ames, Colorado
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Ames, Colorado | |
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 Ames and the Ilium Valley | |
  Ames Location of Ames, Colorado.  Ames Ames (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 37°51′53″N 107°52′56″W / 37.8647°N 107.8823°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | San Miguel[2] |
| Government | |
| • Body | San Miguel County[2] |
| Elevation | 8,721 ft (2,658 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Area code | 970 |
| GNIS pop ID | 184567 |
Ames is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.
History
Ames is the site of one of the world's first hydroelectric power plants to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant.[3] The Ames, Colorado, post office operated from December 20, 1880, until June 3, 1922.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Ames". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ↑ "CHARLES C. BRITTON, An Early Electric Power Facility in Colorado, Colorado Magazine v49n3 Summer 1972, page 185" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ↑ 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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