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- 1 2 Decker, Ralph Jr. (April 26, 2002). "Wonderland Park". defunctparks.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2007.
- ↑ "1917 photo of aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east, showing Island Park baseball stadium and Douglas Street Bridge on right". Wichita Photo Archives. Kansas Library Network Board. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
- ↑ Tihen, Edward N. "List of newspaper articles about early Wichita baseball; Tihen Notes; Wichita State University Department of Special Collections" (PDF). Wichita State University Libraries' Department of Special Collections.
- ↑ Willis, Carly (February 4, 2019). "1925 baseball game between Klan and Negro league team". KSNW . Archived from the original on February 5, 2019.
