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- ↑ Estelle Lutrell, Newspapers and periodicals of Arizona, 1859-1911, Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1950, p. 68
- ↑ Arizona: a State guide, North American Book Dist LLC, 1940, p. 128
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project, Arizona The Grand Canyon State A State Guide, US History Publishers, p. 128,
- ↑ Vernon B Schultz, Southwestern town, the story of Willcox, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1964, p. 24