Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Iron River 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 Iron River. See our Misc Page for Iron River for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Iron River:

Iron River was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)