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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Pueblo was listed as Pueblo Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Colorado (1947)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Pueblo is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Pueblo in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Pueblo for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Pueblo. See our Misc Page for Pueblo for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Pueblo:

The following route mentioned Pueblo as a scheduled stop:

The El Capitan: From Santa Fe Railroad timetable for the defunct El Capitan (train schedule from 1938). The El Capitan travelled between Chicago (IL) and Los Angeles (CA)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/