Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Talent:

Talent was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)