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References
- ↑ Buck Rinker. 2022. Life on the Mississippi: an epic American adventure. First Avid Reader Press.
- Who's Who on the Ohio River and its Tributaries, (Cincinnati 1931) by Ethel C. Leahy. Pages 79–81
- Historic Highways of America (Cleveland 1903) by Archer B. Hulbert. Pages 73–99