Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

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 (1915-1916)

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Fort Steele. See our Misc Page for Fort Steele for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Fort Steele:

Fort Steele 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 Fort Steele 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)