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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Golden Eagle 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 Golden Eagle. See our Misc Page for Golden Eagle for more information.

Footnotes ...

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

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