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- ↑ Hjalmar R. Holand, ed. (1917). History of Door County Wisconsin, the County Beautiful, vol. 1. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. p. 108. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ A. J. Turner, ed. (1874). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (13th ed.). Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver. pp. 458–459. Retrieved 2015-06-17.