Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

The GNIS database contains an entry for Purple Cane. See our Misc Page for Purple Cane for more information.