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- ↑ "Garden Grove". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Garden Grove (in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) Populated Place Profile". HomeTownLocator.com. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Prague, Oklahoma to Garden Grove, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Jim Thorpe". United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ↑ "The Life of Jim Thorpe, P. 8" (PDF). JimThorpeFilm.com. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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