Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

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