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- ↑ Arizona Department of Veterans' Services: Arizona Veterans' Cemetery at Camp Navajo
- ↑ Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Camp Navajo at Find a Grave
- 1 2 "Camp Navaho". Arizona Army National Guard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Arizona State Rail Plan, March 2011, p. A-51" (PDF). Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Rail Freight Carriers in Arizona". Sinfin.net. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Camp Navajo clears hurdle in economic development battle". Adrian Skabelund, Arizona Daily Sun, Jan 9, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
