History of Ames and Iowa State University
This is a short history of Ames Iowa from its beginnings as a train depot, to flourishing College Town being the home of Iowa State University. ISU has brought many great things to make our lives much more comfortable like the Personal Computer, and Round Hay Bailer. The origin to Home Coming football games, and home of United State Department of Agriculture,, and the Iowa DOT.
Lawrence and Ames Compared
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Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Lawrence, Kansas and Ames, Iowa, both college towns located in the American Midwest. Mr. Beat is a bit familiar, you could say, with Lawrence. He has help with Ames with Xander from the channel ARTexplains.
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Lawrence, Kansas and Ames, Iowa
Two fairly typical college towns in the American Midwest. Located just 269 miles from each other, or about a 4 hour drive. Why am I comparing them?
Well I’m from Lawrence.
And I’m Xander from the channel ARTexplains. I live in Ames.
Both: And we’re filming a collaboration!
Both Lawrence and Ames are dominated by the major universities in each city. Lawrence is the home of the University of Kansas, the largest university in Kansas, and Ames is the home of Iowa State University, the largest university in Iowa.
So yeah, overwhelmingly the largest employer in both cities are those two universities. After that, most workers in both towns work for either the city government, school district, or hospital in town.
Both Lawrence and Ames are relatively cheap places to live compared to the rest of the country, although Ames is 3 percent more expensive than Lawrence.
Both are consistently ranked on various lists of the top college towns to raise a family or retire. I don’t know, though, aren’t those lists fairly arbitrary? Yeah, I think those lists are pretty much meaningless.
Both are about the exact same distance from major urban centers. Lawrence is short drive west from Kansas City, and Ames is a short drive north from Des Moines.
Both cities have similar, continental climates, although Lawrence gets more precipitation than Ames, and since Ames is further north it gets colder and gets more snowfall than Lawrence.
Both cities are on the prairie, in areas where lots of agriculture is going on. Farmers represent. Wheat tends to be more common around Lawrence, and not to sound corny, but corn is all around us in Ames.
Both cities were founded during the Civil War Era. Kansas in 1854, and Ames in 1864. Now, Lawrence had a much more chaotic first few years compared to Ames. It started with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, a law which said the people living in Kansas and Nebraska territories could vote on whether they wanted slavery to be legal or not when they voted for statehood. This idea of popular sovereignty to determine whether or not Kansas would be a slave state or not caused a flood of Americans to migrate there. Many of the first settlers of Lawrence were Free Staters, or those who wanted Kansas to be a free state. However, due to developing a reputation as a Free Stater hotbed, Lawrence became a huge target for pro-slavery bushwhackers, who raided the town multiple times, most famously during the Lawrence Massacre, aka Quantrill’s Raid. The violence in Lawrence and around the state was so bad it became known as Bleeding Kansas.
Uh, yeah, Ames was pretty quiet and chill in its early years. It was pretty much just a railroad crossing.
Lawrence has a lot more people living there than Ames. Lawrence recently crossed the 100,000 mark, while Ames has around 67,000 people.
Ames has lower taxes than Lawrence. We just pay a 7% sales tax rate and we don’t pay taxes on groceries like you silly Kansans.
Yeah we pay taxes on groceries and over a 9% sales tax. But property taxes are a little lower in Lawrence so there’s that.
Ames has more residents with bachelor’s degrees and a higher graduation rate than Lawrence. Ames also has a lower unemployment rate currently than Lawrence.
Are you sure about that, Xander? It’s pretty low here. It’s 3.3%.
Yeah, it’s 2.1% in Ames.
Ames has significantly better air quality than Lawrence.
Lawrence has less poverty than Ames.
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Holiday Inn Ames Conference Center - Iowa State University - Ames Hotels, Iowa
Holiday Inn Ames Conference Center - Iowa State University 4 Stars Hotel in Ames, Iowa Within US Travel Directory This hotel, located 3.
7 km from downtown Ames and adjacent to Iowa State University, features an on-site restaurant and bar.
It offers spacious rooms with free Wi-Fi and a refrigerator.
Free access to the indoor pool is provided to all guests of the Holiday Inn Ames Conference Center-Iowa State University.
A small gym and a business center are also available.
Cardinal Café is located in the lobby of the Ames Holiday Inn and serves American cuisine for breakfast and dinner.
The bar offers cocktails in the evening.
A microwave and coffee maker are standard in every room at the Holiday Inn.
All rooms are warmly decorated with carpeted floors and include a cable TV and work desk.
Veenker Memorial Golf Course is just 5.
6 km from the hotel.
Brunnier Art Museum is a 7-minute drive away.
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Here's an excerpt of Tin-Shi Tam, the carillonneur at Iowa State University in Ames, playing the 50 bells from the keyboard room in the Campanile tower. (I think this piece is Johann Pachelbel's Aria Sebaldina.) This was recorded Wednesday, Sept. 1. Tam features requests and pop music covers on Fridays and recently scored a YouTube hit with her Aug. 27 carillon cover of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance.
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Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology is a public flagship[4] land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State is classified as a Research University with very high research activity (RU/VH) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[5] Iowa State is also a member of the prestigious American Association of Universities (AAU).
Founded in 1858 and coeducational from its start, Iowa State became the nation’s first designated land-grant institution when the Iowa Legislature accepted the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September 11, 1862, making Iowa the first state in the nation to do so.[6] Iowa State's academic offerings are administered today through eight colleges, including the graduate college, that offer over 100 bachelor's degree programs, 112 master's degree programs, and 83 at the Ph.D. level, plus a professional degree program in Veterinary Medicine.[7]
Iowa State University's athletic teams, the Cyclones, compete in Division I of the NCAA and are a founding member of the Big 12 Conference. The Cyclones field 16 varsity teams and have won numerous NCAA national championships.
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Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU, is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. The university is a flagship university of the state of Iowa and a group member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and the Universities Research Association.
Founded in 1858 and coeducational from its start, Iowa State became the nation’s first designated land-grant institution when the Iowa Legislature accepted the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September 11, 1862, making Iowa the first state in the nation to do so. Iowa State's academic offerings are administered today through eight colleges, including the graduate college, that offer over 100 bachelor's degree programs, 112 master's degree programs, and 83 at the Ph.D. level, plus a professional degree program in Veterinary Medicine.
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Econo Lodge Ames - Ames (Iowa) - United States
Econo Lodge Ames hotel city: Ames (Iowa) - Country: United States
Address: 2600 Southeast 16th Street; zip code: IA 50010
The Econo Lodge hotel is less than five miles from Iowa State University. Area attractions like the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & Museum, Ames Municipal Airport and the Reiman Gardens are all close to this Ames, IA hotel.
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