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- ↑ Fattig, Paul. Boone descendants embrace Jacksonville: Members of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers are visiting Southern Oregon this week. Mail Tribune. March 24, 2010. Accessed: 2010-06-12. (Archived by Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20110610144409/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100324/NEWS/3240326)
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