Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Big Prairie, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Big Prairie:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Big Prairie. See our Misc Page for Big Prairie for more information.