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, 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 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 Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Portal:

Portal was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)