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Oakes Ames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oakes Ames (botanist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oakes Ames (September 26, 1874 – April 28, 1950) was an American botanist specializing in orchids. His estate is now the Borderland State Park in Massachusetts. Ames was born into a wealthy family fr...
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(1804 - 1873) ... Image courtesy of Library of Congress ... a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Easton, Mass., January 10, 1804; attended the public schools and Dighton (Mass.) Academy; engaged in the manufacture of shovels in North Easton; member of the executive council of Massachusetts in 1860;
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"King of Spades" Oakes Ames, a Massachusetts businessman and politician, made his money as part of of Ames & Sons, a shovelworks founded by his father and administered by brother Oliver. The company found success providing shovels to miners during the gold rush.
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You searched for: creator:"Ames, Oakes, 1874-", Advanced search ... 1) - Ames, Oakes, 1874- Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by ...
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Oakes Ames (1874-1950) ; Papers ... Oakes Ames was born into a wealthy and influential family in North Easton, Mass., on September 26, 1874. From childhood he was interested in botany, and set himself "the goal of learning the name of one new plant each day" (Mangelsdorf ix).
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Oakes Ames (1804–1873) was a U.S. manufacturer and five-term member of the United States House of Representatives. He was the principal financier of the Union Pacific Railroad, the eastern half of the first transcontinental railroad.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ames, Oakes. Ames, Oakes. Information about Ames, Oakes in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... At the death of his father, Oliver Ames, Oakes and his brother took control of the family shovel factory. Oakes went on to become a Republican representative in 1863, and in 1865 he began...
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Above: Blanche Ames Ames, c. 1895. Below: Oakes Ames, drawing by Blanche Ames, c. 1901, courtesy Borderland State Park ... At Smith College, Ames was class president and pursued diplomas from both the College and the School of Art, earning an A.B. in 1899. One year later, she married Oakes Ames (unrelated),
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