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- ↑ Wendy Richter, Arkansas History Commission: Flavius Josephus (Flave) Carpenter (1851–1933), http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1204#, last updated 13 December 2007.
- ↑ "Carpenter Dam" photo at: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/media-detail.aspx?mediaID=5942, undated (retrieved 17 Jun 2009).
- ↑ Richter, http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1204#.
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