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- ↑ Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0871085178.
- ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 236. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ↑ http://www.firedragon.com/~kap/PitcherOfMaine.pdf
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