Call NumberCONS92-2017-47CreatorLigon, J. StokleyDateJune 17, 1915SummaryPhotograph shows the Ames Monument located in Albany County, Wyoming. The Ames Monument is a large pyramid in Albany County, Wyoming, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and dedicated to brothers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, Jr., Union Pacific Railroad financiers. The brothers garnered credit for connecting the nation by rail upon completion of the United States' First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. The monument once marked the highest point on the transcontinental railroad at 8,247 feet.Physical Description1 photonegative ; 8 x 14 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectMonuments--Wyoming--Albany County--PhotographsAmes Monument (Wyo.)--PhotographsWest (U.S.)--Photographs--20th centuryGeographic AreaAlbany County (Wyo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialGlass plate negativesBlack-and-white negativesOriginal Material Found in CollectionCONS92. J. Stokley Ligon papers and photographsNotesTitle from index. Ligon photo index number: 181. Image derived from glass plate negative. J. Stokley Ligon, wildlife specialist and conservationist, was born in Hays County, Texas, on June 22, 1879.
Ligon, J. Stokley, Ames Monument. From N.W. (June 17, 1915). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1133409
