Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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

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

Ferris is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The GNIS database contains an entry for Ferris. See our Misc Page for Ferris for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Ferris:

Ferris 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)

Off-the-Road Links ...

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