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- ↑ Wagoner, Jay J. (1970). Arizona Territory 1863–1912: A Political history . Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 508. ISBN 0816501769.
- ↑ "Beyond The Gadsden Purchase". Arizona Daily Star . December 12, 1997. p. 150. Retrieved May 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Drachmans". Arizona Daily Star . August 5, 2007. p. E004. Retrieved May 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Masonic Funeral Sunday Is Planned For Mose Drachman". Tucson Citizen . October 3, 1935. p. 2. Retrieved May 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
