Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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