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- ↑ Albert Nelson Marquis (1912). The Book of St. Louisans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of St. Louis and Vicinity. St. Louis republic. pp. 214–. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ↑ Burns, Anna C. (1979). "The Gulf Lumber Company, Fullerton: A View of Lumbering during Louisiana's Golden Era". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 20 (2): 199–200. JSTOR 4231890.
- ↑ Donna Fricker (1912). "The Louisiana Lumber Boom, c.1880-1925" (PDF). St. Louis republic. p. 12. Retrieved April 5, 2020.