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- 1 2 "Representative Russ Donley". Wyoming Legislature . Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- 1 2 Wyoming Blue Book, Wyoming State Archives, Department of Commerce, 1991, p. 203
- ↑ "$280,000 Asked To Continue State Water Program". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyoming. January 10, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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