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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fowler 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 Fowler:
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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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


Railroad Mentions of Fowler:

Fowler was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Footnotes ...

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

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