Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Contention City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Contention City in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Contention City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Contention City data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Contention City:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Arizona & New Mexico

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

Contention City is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Contention City. See our Misc Page for Contention City for more information.