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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Louisville, Nevada
- ↑ Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978 Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "OUR LETTER FROM ARIZONA TERRITORY, The Tachatticup Mine, (from the Resident Correspondent of the Alta California.), El Dorado Canon. Upper Colorado River. Arizona Territory. March 30th, 1865. F. S. A.[Frank S. Alling]". The Daily Alta California . April 25, 1865. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ↑ Daily Alta California, Volume 18, Number 5922, 28 May 1866, p.1 col. 5-6; OUR ARIZONA CORRESPONDENCE, Up The Colorado, (from the Correspondent of the Alta California), El Dorado Canyon, April 30th, 1866, Alling [Frank S. Alling]
- ↑ Riggs, John L. (July 27, 1912). "The Story of Eldorado Canyon". Mohave County Miner. Mineral Park, Arizona. p. 5. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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