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- ↑ "News Release". Nebraska State Historical Society. August 24, 2009. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Division of Supplies, Post Office Department". United States Post Office. Archived from the original on February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ Jones, Erin (November 6, 2020). "Wyoming's Black Pioneer Community That Disappeared". Wyoming Public Media. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ↑ "Empire Wyoming (U.S. National Park Service)". National Park Service. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
