Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Oro Grande 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 Oro Grande:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

Oro Grande 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 Oro Grande. See our Misc Page for Oro Grande for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Oro Grande:

Oro Grande was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)