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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver Ridge
- ↑ Edward Leo Lyman, Overland Journey from Utah to California: Wagon Travel from the City of Saints to the City of Angels, University of Nevada Press, 2008.
Coordinates: 38°09′13″N112°36′41″W / 38.15361°N 112.61139°W
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