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References
- ↑ Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852–1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978, pp. 34, 68, 168 Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Arizona Sentinel (Yuma), 30 Aug. 1873, pp. 3, 5; Editorial Correspondence, Aug. 19–20, 1873
- ↑ Parker [Arizona, California] 1:125,000 1909 from lib.utexas.edu accessed August 31, 2016
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