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- ↑ Middlebrooks, Audy; Middlebrooks, Glenna (1965). "Holland Coffee of Red River". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 69 (2): 159.
- ↑ Britton, Morris L. (2014). "Coffee, Holland". Handbook of Texas Online. Denton, Texas: Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- 1 2 3 4 Gard, Wayne (1954). The Chisholm Trail. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 296. ISBN 0-8061-1536-X.
- ↑ Cannon, Bill (2004). Texas: Land of Legend and Lore. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 205. ISBN 1-55622-949-6.
- ↑ Petersen, Paul (2007). Quantrill in Texas: The Forgotten Campaign. Cumberland House Publishing. p. 267. ISBN 9781581825824.
- ↑ Britton, Morris L (January 18, 2008). "Preston, Tx (Grayson County)". TSHA Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved November 20, 2008.