Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Floriston 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 Floriston:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express 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)

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

Railroad Mentions of Floriston:

Floriston was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)