Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Utah Place Names
Written by: Van Cott, John W.
Published by the University of Utah Press, 1990
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1900 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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