Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Big Springs 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 Big Springs:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Big Springs is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Big Springs in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Big Springs for more information.

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

Railroad Mentions of Big Springs:

Big Springs was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Big Springs as a scheduled stop:

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (train schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)