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Oliver Ames Jr.
- Birth
- Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
- Death
- 9 Mar 1877 (aged 69)Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
- Burial
- Easton,Bristol County,Massachusetts,USAShow MapGPS-Latitude: 42.0703628, Longitude: -71.1064647
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- 38525478View Source
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Oliver Ames, Jr., served as president of Union Pacific Railroad (UP) while the railroad was busy building the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America. His tenure at UP was marked by controversy as he ascended to the presidency in 1866 over Thomas C. Durant who had tried to gain the position for himself. Durant filed lawsuits against Ames that stopped construction, and Ames retaliated by garnering support to remove Durant from the railroad's executive committee. Ames finally acquiesced in 1867 and Crédit Mobilier awarded a new construction contract.[3]
Bas relief by Augustus Saint-GaudensThe contributions of Ames and his brother Oakes in the building of the Union Pacific are commemorated in the Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument at Sherman Summit, near Laramie, Wyoming, along the original route. The pyramidal monument was designed by famous architect Henry Hobson Richardson (who designed a number of projects for the Ames family) with sculpted plaques of the Ames brothers by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. At the time of its construction, the monument was located at the highest point attained by the Union Pacific's transcontinental route. With a change in the route of the railroad, the monument today is not on any major transportation route.
Oliver Ames, Jr., served as president of Union Pacific Railroad (UP) while the railroad was busy building the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America. His tenure at UP was marked by controversy as he ascended to the presidency in 1866 over Thomas C. Durant who had tried to gain the position for himself. Durant filed lawsuits against Ames that stopped construction, and Ames retaliated by garnering support to remove Durant from the railroad's executive committee. Ames finally acquiesced in 1867 and Crédit Mobilier awarded a new construction contract.[3]
Bas relief by Augustus Saint-GaudensThe contributions of Ames and his brother Oakes in the building of the Union Pacific are commemorated in the Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument at Sherman Summit, near Laramie, Wyoming, along the original route. The pyramidal monument was designed by famous architect Henry Hobson Richardson (who designed a number of projects for the Ames family) with sculpted plaques of the Ames brothers by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. At the time of its construction, the monument was located at the highest point attained by the Union Pacific's transcontinental route. With a change in the route of the railroad, the monument today is not on any major transportation route.
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- Maintained by:Malita
- Originally Created by:JIM HAAS
- Added: Jun 19, 2009
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- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38525478/oliver-ames: accessed), memorial page for Oliver Ames Jr. (5 Nov 1807–9 Mar 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID38525478, citing Village Cemetery, Easton,Bristol County,Massachusetts,USA;Maintained by Malita (contributor50493639).
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