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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Eagle River 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 Eagle River:
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

Eagle River was listed as Eagle River Courthouse.

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

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

Eagle River 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 Eagle River. See our Misc Page for Eagle River 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/