Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Nelson 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 Nelson:
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)

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

Railroad Mentions of Nelson:

Nelson was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)