Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Black Buttes, 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 Black Buttes:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

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

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

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

Black Buttes 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 Black Buttes. See our Misc Page for Black Buttes for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Black Buttes:

Black Buttes 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)