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- ↑ Cleland, Nora (June 12, 1961). "Only few of 45 county settlements left". Lawrence Journal-World. pp. 12A. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ↑ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 355.
- ↑ Hughes, John Taylor; Connelley, William Elsey; Allen, Dewitt Clinton; Charles R. Morehead (1907). Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California. The author. p. 633.
- ↑ "Douglas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
