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- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 1134. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0 . Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal, Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947 - 1987, page 48, McFarland, Inc., 2001
- ↑ photo caption https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/border-patrol-the-cbs-films-syndicated-show-lead-actor-news-photo/660532278