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- ↑ "Code of Iowa 331.325 Control and Maintenance of Pioneer Cemeteries – Cemetery Commission". State of Iowa . Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ "12-808. Abandoned or neglected pioneer cemetery, defined". Nebraska Revised Statutes. Nebraska Legislature . Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ "Regulations". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department: Heritage Programs: Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ "§ 9001. Public Cemetery Districts". Health and Safety Code]. California Legislature. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ↑ "§§ 8825–8829. Private Cemeteries: Abandonment". Health and Safety Code. California Legislature. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ↑ "Buxton Pioneer Cemetery". Ontario Abandoned Places. Retrieved Apr 2, 2021.
- ↑ "The lost cemetery of Stanley Park". Alberta Families Histories Society (AFHS).
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- ↑ D’Anna, John (Sep 20, 2019). "Help solve a mystery. Samuel Elliott's historic headstone is at a Phoenix cemetery. But where's his body?". AZCentral. Retrieved Sep 25, 2019.