Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Big Trees came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Big Trees 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 Big Trees. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Big Trees 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 Big Trees:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Big Trees 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 Big Trees. See our Misc Page for Big Trees for more information.