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- 1 2 "The Texas Trail".
- ↑ Pogany, Erin; Sarah Davis McBride (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Texas Trail Stone Corral / NeHBS # CH00-041" (PDF). Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "The Texas Trail". Nebraska State Historical Association. Archived from the original on July 2, 2004.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Haley, J. Evetts (1929). The XIT Ranch of Texas: And the Early Days of the Llano Estacado. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 126. ISBN 0806114282.
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