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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Walcott 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 Walcott:
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)

Rand McNally Map of Wyoming (1937)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

Walcott 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 Walcott. See our Misc Page for Walcott for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Walcott:

Walcott 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 Walcott 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)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/