Ames Monument

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.

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sherman and Buford.

Sherman

Locality

Photo: Robert Russin, Public domain.

Sherman is a ghost town in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. Sherman is 19 miles southeast of Laramie in the Laramie Mountains and is named for Civil War and Indian Wars general William Tecumseh Sherman, purportedly at his request. Sherman is situated 3½ miles southeast of Ames Monument.

Buford

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Buford is a town in Southeast Wyoming, notable for having the smallest population, and for having been sold and renamed in 2013 to "PhinDeli town".

Hermosa

Locality

Hermosa is an unincorporated community in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. Hermosa means beautiful woman in Spanish. To the east is the Hermosa Tunnel of the Union Pacific Railroad built in 1901 when the railroad was relocated, the line is part of the First transcontinental railroad's Overland Route. Hermosa is situated 6 miles southwest of Ames Monument.

Ames Monument

Type: Protected area
Description: monument in Albany County, Wyoming
Categories: monument, tourism, tourist attraction, and historic site
Location: Albany, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.13107° or 41° 7′ 52″ north

Longitude

-105.39818° or 105° 23′ 54″ west

Open location code

85HP4JJ2+CP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 103618201

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q4745876

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Interlingua—“Ames Monument” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Ames Monument”
Esperanto: “Monumento Ames”
Interlingua: “Monumento de Ames”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Sherman Cemetery and Nat’s Three Star Roof.

Nearby Places

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