Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Portal. See our Misc Page for Portal for more information.