Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Fort Bridger was listed as Fort Bridger Courthouse.

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

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

Fort Bridger 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 Fort Bridger. See our Misc Page for Fort Bridger for more information.