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- ↑ "Mayors and Councilmembers Since City Charter Adoption in 1961". Independence, Missouri.
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- ↑ "Crossroads serves a vital role locally". The Examiner . 22 September 2008.
- ↑ "Annual Donor Issue" (PDF). TRU Magazine: 22. Winter 2019.
- ↑ "On Truman's centennial, Independence, Mo., spruces up for a tourist onslaught". The Christian Science Monitor. 16 December 1983.
- ↑ "Administrative History of Harry S Truman National Historic Site" (PDF). 5 January 2017: 31.
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- ↑ "Undercover Mayor: Barbara Potts". Orlando Sentinel. November 1, 1988.
- ↑ "Local Historical Societies". Missouri Historical Review. 085 (4): 450. July 1991.
- ↑ "105th Congress, Second Session". Congressional Record. 144 (41): E559.
- ↑ "Former mayor Potts to receive Truman award". The Examiner. 27 April 2010.
- ↑ "Potts' decades of service honored". The Examiner. 6 November 2014.
- ↑ "Women of Distinction 2017 Honorees". The Examiner.
- ↑ "Recognizing 35 years of service to the community". Hope House.