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- ↑ City of Houston Planning and Development Department, http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Annexation/docs_pdfs.pdf
- ↑ Texas Railroad History-Tower 14-Houston, http://www.towers.txrrhistory.com/014/014.htm
- ↑ Historic Houston Streets: The Stories Behind the Name, by Marks Hinton, page 10 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Jeannie Kever, http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy-news/article/Quirky-street-names-offer-look-into-Houston-s-1784203.php Houston Chronicle . January 25, 2008.
