Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Montara, 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

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

Railroad Mentions of Montara:

Montara was mentioned in the following schedule:

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