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- ↑ "Bashford Manor Farms home to three Derby winners". www.courier-journal.com. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ↑ "Alarm".
- ↑ "Bashford Manor". ExploreKYHistory. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- Kleber, John E. The Encyclopedia of Louisville (2000) University Press of Kentucky ISBN 978-0-8131-2100-0
- Information on Bashford Manor at the Kentucky Historical Society
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