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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pachappa Hill
- ↑ Tom Patterson, 1996, A Colony for California, The Riverside Museum Associates, p. 82.
- ↑ A Memorial to Mount Rubidoux Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine by William T. Drysdale
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