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- ↑ "Wisconsin Post Offices," in: Casson, Henry, ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1895, Madison: Compiled and Published Under Direction of Henry Casson. Secretary of State; p. 415
- ↑ Turner, Lura J., Joseph M. Turner and Paul Samuel Reinsch. Hand Book of Wisconsin: Its History and Geography ... and Resources, Industries, and Commerce. L. J. Turner and J. M. Turner, 1898; p. 223
- ↑ "Post Offices Discontinued. Wisconsin." in: Industrial Commission of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1915 Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1915; p. 179