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- ↑ Butterfield, Willshire. History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin . Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881, p. 150.
- ↑ Watrous, Jerome A. (ed.). Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Vol. 1 . Madison: Western Historical Association, 1909, pp. 424-425.