Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Bowie data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

Railroad Mentions of Bowie:

Bowie was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)