Station: Ames, MI

Ames was a small hamlet on the Wisconsin & Michigan railway in Menominee County, about 13 miles south of Faithorn Junction.

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1900. The town of Ames, Mich. was practically wiped out in a forest fire, entailing a loss of $30,000 or more of lumber stock. The W&M ran a special train up the line Sunday to rescue the fire stricken people in the small villages along the road. All inhabitants of the towns of Ames and Nathan were taken to Pembine for safety. It is said that the W&M passenger which let Marinette was unable to get further north than Fisher, where a heroic effort saved the town.[DFP-1900-0501]