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- ↑ Lovejoy, Asa L.; Henry E. Reed (Sep 1930). "Lovejoy's Pioneer Narrative, 1842-48". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 237.
- ↑ Joel Palmer (1847). Journal of Travels Over the Rocky Mountains. Ye Galleon Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-87770-299-3 . Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ↑ Bagley, Clarence Booth (1913). . Oregon Historical Society. p. 215.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Minto, John (1911). "What I know of Dr. McLoughlin and how I know it". Oregon Historical Quarterly. W.H Leeds, State Printer. XI: 192.
- ↑ Victor, Frances Fuller. . In Hubert Howe Bancroft (ed.). . Vol. 1.
- ↑ MacColl, Kimbark E. (1988). Merchants, Money, & Power: The Portland Establishment 1843-1913 . The Georgian Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0-9603408-3-1.
- ↑ "William Overton". www.oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
