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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Elliston, 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 Elliston:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

Hixson Map of Montana (1950)
Published by Hixson Map Company

Rand McNally Map of Montana (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Map of Montana (1951)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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


Railroad Mentions of Elliston:

Elliston was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/