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- William J. Anderson; William A. Anderson, eds. (1929). The Wisconsin Blue Book 1929. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company. p. 144. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- Barish, Lawrence S., ed. (July 2007). "Chapter 8: Statistical Information on Wisconsin". State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008 (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 721. ISBN 978-0-9752820-2-1. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1880. p. 879. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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