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- ↑ "History of the Arizona State Legislature 1912-1966". State of Arizona. pp. 7–8. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Acts Memorials and Resolutions of the Regular Session Eighteenth Legislature of the State of Arizona 1947". State of Arizona. 1947. pp. 566–567. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ↑ "Local and Personal". Mohave County Miner . July 8, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved September 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Untitled". Arizona Daily Star . July 18, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved September 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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