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- ↑ Happy birthday, High Noon Saloon - Isthmus Daily Page Website
- ↑ The High Noon Saloon's staff: like the counselors in Meatballs - The Onion, A.V. Madison - Website
- ↑ "ABOUT US". High Noon Saloon. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ↑ Turbojugend USA - Website Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "History". 27 November 2023.
- ↑ "ABOUT US". High Noon Saloon. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
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