Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin
Written by: Dawson, John Frank
J.F. Dawson Publishing Company, 1954
(Document found on Google Books)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

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