Campustown: A Brief History of the First West Ames

by Anthony Capps

Overview

For more than one hundred years, Campustown has served the students and community of Iowa State University. The originally residential neighborhood west of Ames was born in the early 1900s, when the school compelled students to seek residence off campus. However, local government overlooked the neighborhood, and it fell behind the achievements of Big Ames. After the boom of the previous decade, community leaders organized a secession movement in 1916. It took nearly a quarter century, but the neighborhood finally connected to the grid of public utilities. Author Anthony Capps takes readers on a journey from Campustown's roots, through its vibrant years in the 1960s to current projects breathing new life into the district.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625855176
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	11/07/2016
Series:	Brief History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Anthony Capps first came to Ames from Oskaloosa more than eleven years ago to study journalism at Iowa State University. He is a freelance writer who has previously worked at the Iowa State Daily and the Ames Tribune. He intends to keep on researching the Campustown neighborhood.