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- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horse Creek
- ↑ Geological Survey (U.S.) (2001). U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply Paper. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 77.
- ↑ Jenkins, Ned J.; Krause, Richard A. (1986). The Tombigbee Watershed in Southeastern Prehistory . Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. pp. 61. ISBN 9780817302818.
- ↑ Moore, Clarence Bloomfield; Sheldon, Craig T. (2001). The Southern and Central Alabama Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. pp. 56, 86. ISBN 9780817310196.