Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

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)

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Michigan (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Dollar Bay 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 Dollar Bay. See our Misc Page for Dollar Bay for more information.