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- ↑ Paul T. Hellmann (1 November 2004), Historical Gazetteer of the United States, Taylor & Francis, p. 1034, ISBN 978-0-203-99700-0
- ↑ David Wharton (1 July 2000), The Soul of a Small Texas Town: The Photographs, Memories, and History from Mcdade, Texas, University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 978-0-8061-3178-8
