Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Brighton 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 Brighton. See our Misc Page for Brighton for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Brighton:

Brighton was mentioned in the following schedules:

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Employees' Time Table (February 1938)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)