Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

La Grande was listed as La Grande Courthouse.

Auto Trails Map of Oregon (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Mobile Oil Map of Oregon (1949)
Published by Mobile Oil Company

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of La Grande:

La Grande was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following routes mentioned La Grande as a scheduled stop:

The City of Portland: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Portland (train schedule from 1956). The City of Portland travelled between Chicago (IL) and Portland (OR)

The Idahoan: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Idahoan (train schedule from 1951). The Idahoan travelled between Chicago (IL) and Seattle (WA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for La Grande: www.ci.la-grande.or.us/

The official website for Union County: www.union-county.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/