The Iowa city of Ames, situated in Story County, was established as a railroad stop on the Missouri Railroad. It was named in honor of Congressman Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts, who was instrumental in the building of the transcontinental railroad.
Regular Blogs
An attorney based in Ames writes this weblog which is about law and legal news. Some of his topics are estate planning, foreclosure, real estate tax, civil procedures, and probate.
http://amesiowalaw.wordpress.com/
A non-profit organization which is devoted to providing media for Ames and the surrounding area which is liberal progressive in order to compete with the conservative media which they believe dominates the media in general.
http://amesprogressive.org/
The official blog of a collective of farmers and gardeners who were inspired by Gandhi, the Catholic Worker, and Buddhist teachings share their endeavor to create an environment where all participate in growing and eating healthy food.
http://www.mustardseedfarm.org/?q=blog
AQ former elementary school teacher and full-time mother turned baker shares videos and photographs of various cupcakes, along with some of the information about baking them.
http://www.sweetnessofames.com/blog.htm
An Ames city marriage therapist writes about his specialty, inviting locals to visit him and writing about affection and cuddling, faith, living together before marriage, divorce, and trust, as well as much, much more.
http://thrivingcouples.com/
