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- 1 2 Workers of the Federal Writers' Project in the State of New Mexico (1940). New Mexico, a Guide to the Colorful State, p. 378. Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission
- ↑ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press Press
- ↑ Keleher, William Aloysius (1957/2007). Violence in Lincoln County, 1869-1881, pp. 349–351. Sunstone Press (facsimile edition of the original published in 1957)
- ↑ C.S. Peterson (1912). Representative New Mexicans p. 271
- ↑ Mark, Joan (1998). The King of the World in the Land of the Pygmies, p. 87. University of Nebraska Press
- ↑ Carlin, Bob (ed.) (2002). American Musical Traditions: Latino and Asian American music, p. 53. Schirmer Reference. ISBN 0028655885. Quote: "This brings up the importance of Cleofes Ortiz and Antonia Apodaca. They both grew up playing and learning the music and dances from the older generation and continued to play them. [...] Antonia Apodaca was born in 1923 in Rociada, New Mexico, in the house in which she lives to this day."
- ↑ "Gascon, New Mexico 1991-2020 Monthly Normals" . Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ↑ "xmACIS". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
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