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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Mountain Home, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this 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 Mountain Home:
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)

Auto Trails Map of Washington and Oregon (1925)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Mobile Oil Map of Idaho (1949)

Published by Mobile Oil Company

Rand McNally Map of Idaho (1925)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of Idaho (1937)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Idaho (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company


In addition:

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

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

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


Railroad Mentions of Mountain Home:

Mountain Home was mentioned in the following schedules:

Chicago and Northwest Railway Time Table (September 1901)

Chicago and Northwest Railway Time Table (June 1913)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1933)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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