Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Railroad Mentions of Marion:

Marion was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)