Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Promontory:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Second Edition)
Written by: Gannett, Henry
Published by the Department of the Interior, the United States Geological Survey - 1905
(Document found on Google Books)

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Promontory:

Promontory was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

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 Promontory 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)