Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Red Desert, 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 Red Desert:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, 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 (1924)

Red Desert 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 Red Desert. See our Misc Page for Red Desert for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Red Desert:

Red Desert 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)