Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Railroad Mentions of Altamont:

Altamont was mentioned in the following schedules:

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 Altamont 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)