Ames, Colorado

Ames, Colorado
Ghost town
Ames and the Ilium Valley
Ames and the Ilium Valley
Ames is located in the United States
Ames
Ames
Location of Ames, Colorado.
Ames is located in Colorado
Ames
Ames
Ames (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°51′53″N 107°52′56″W / 37.8647°N 107.8823°W / 37.8647; -107.8823[1]
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountySan Miguel[2]
Government
 • BodySan Miguel County[2]
Elevation
[1]
8,721 ft (2,658 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code970
GNIS pop ID184567

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. 1 2 "Ames". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ 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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