Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Trail 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 Trail:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Missouri (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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