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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Wyoming (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

We found Wamsutter in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Wamsutter for more information.

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


Railroad Mentions of Wamsutter:

Wamsutter was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

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 Wamsutter 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/