1914 Map of Ames

For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is exceptionally dense with rural education markers, naming dozens of district facilities such as Tjernagel School, McFarland School, and Zenoirville School. The agricultural character of the region is evident in the drainage patterns of Keigley Branch and Onion Creek, while small communities like Bloomington and Ontario appear before mid-century expansion altered the township borders of Lafayette and Franklin.