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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Model City, New York
- 1 2 3 Germain, David (May 27, 1993). "Mr. Love and his canal". The Times Herald. Port Huron, Michigan. Associated Press. p. 17.
- ↑ O'Brien, Keith (2022). Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe (Hardcover ed.). Pantheon Books. p. 368. ISBN 9780593318430.
- ↑ "Relates History of South Huron". The Daily Plainsman. Huron, South Dakota. April 13, 1937. p. 6.
- ↑ O'Brien 2022, p. 29.
- ↑ "Tacomans Caught in Big Boom City?". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. Tacoma, Washington. November 23, 1913. p. 21.
- ↑ "Madison County People May Lose: Dispatches From Galesburg Indicate That Financial Troubles Impend on Dream City of Lomax". Alton Evening Telegraph. Alton, Illinois. September 30, 1914. p. 4.
- ↑ "Claim Options of 15,000 Acres for New City Project". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. March 21, 1930. p. 4.
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