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- ↑ Jerome L. Rodnitzky (1968), "Recapturing the West: The Dude Ranch in American Life", Arizona and the West, 10 (2), via JSTOR (subscription required): 111–126, JSTOR 40167317
- ↑ "Guide to the Dude Ranchers' Association Records, 1926-2002". rmoa.unm.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ "The Early Years". The Dude Ranchers Association. Archived from the original on 2012-05-20.