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- ↑ Zelade, Richard (May 16, 2011). Lone Star Travel Guide to Central Texas. Taylor Trade Publications. ISBN 9781589796089 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Colorado County Historical Markers". www.coloradocountyhistory.org.
- ↑ "Oakland Normal School". Texas Historical Markers.
- ↑ "Smith, Robert Lloyd | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ Kletzing, Henry F.; Crogman, William Henry (November 23, 1898). "Progress of a Race, Or The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro: From the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust". J.L. Nichols – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Southern Workman". 1902.
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