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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

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


Railroad Mentions of Olden:

Olden was mentioned in the following schedule:

The Texas & Pacific Railroad Employees' Time Table #49 (May 1939)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/