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- ↑ Don Meadows (1951). Baja California, 1533-1950: A Biblio-history. Glen Dawson.
- ↑ Don Meadows (1963). The House of Bernardo Yorba. Orange County Historical Society.
- ↑ Don Meadows (1966). Historic Place Names in Orange County. Paisano Press.
- ↑ Don Meadows (1967). "The Original Site of Mission San Juan Capistrano". Southern California Quarterly. 49 (3): 337–43. doi:10.2307/41171381. JSTOR 41171381.
