Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Note: When we started collecting data about El Portal, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably 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)

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

El Portal 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 El Portal. See our Misc Page for El Portal for more information.

Railroad Mentions of El Portal:

El Portal was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Yosemite Valley Railway Employees' Time Table #109 (May 1941)