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References
- 1 2 List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations, from New York Times, October 14 1858, "Itinerary of the Route"
- 1 2 Waterman L. Ormsby, Lyle H. Wright, Josephine M. Bynum, The Butterfield Overland Mail: Only Through Passenger on the First Westbound Stage. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 2007. pp. viii, 167, 173.
- ↑ Google Maps
- ↑ Notes of a Trip to Los Angeles No. 1, Daily Alta California, Volume 12, Number 3888, 5 October 1860 — Page 1
- ↑ THE STORY OF OUR VALLEY BY A.B. PERKINS, 4. Early Transportation, Six White Horses
- ↑ Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp. 70-84.
- ↑ Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society: "Raggio Ranch, San Francisquito Canyon"
- ↑ Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society: Photo of St. Francis Dam Floodpath — "on the hillside in the distance (looking west), the Ruiz family cemetery can barely be discerned. Moore's stagecoach stop, ... later known as "Holland's" or "Hollandsville," was located just below the cemetery."
- ↑ www.findagrave.com, Ruiz-Perea Family Cemetery
- ↑ Raggio Ranch, San Franciscquito Canyon