Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Dry Lake, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Dry Lake 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 Dry Lake. See our Misc Page for Dry Lake for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Dry Lake:

Dry Lake was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Dry Lake 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)