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- ↑ "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ↑ Morrissey, David (December 19, 1976). "11 have swung on Idaho's gallows – and 2 to go". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (Idaho State Journal). p. 5A.
- ↑ "Old Idaho Penitentiary FAQ - How many executions occurred at the Idaho State Penitentiary?". Idaho State Historical Society . Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Snowden hanged for knife slaying". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 18, 1957. p. 1.
- ↑ "Snowden's body set for burial in state penitentiary cemetery". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 19, 1957. p. 1.
- ↑ "Youthful slayer goes to gallows". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 13, 1951. p. 29.
- ↑ "Two youths die on Idaho gallows". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. April 13, 1951. p. 7.
- ↑ "Former Bend youth hanged in Idaho today for part he played in murder of grocer". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). United Press. April 13, 1951. p. 1.