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DID YOU KNOW: Passing of Oliver Ames

Your weekly historical fact, courtesy of the Easton Historical Society

DID YOU KNOW On March 9, 1877 Oliver Ames died. Mr. Ames had been President of the Union Pacific Railroad during its construction phase. He paid for the construction of Unity Church and the Parsonage and left stock in his will for the creation and funding of the Ames Free Library.


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