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- ↑ Oliva, Leo E. (1982). Fort Larned on the Santa Fe Trail. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society. pp. 5–9.
- ↑ Oliva 1982, p. 5-9.
- ↑ Utley, Robert M. (January 1, 1993). Fort Larned National Historic Site. Tucson: Western National Press Assn. pp. 5–6.
- ↑ Oliva 1982, p. 9.
- ↑ Utley 1993, p. 5-6.
- ↑ "Camp Alert, Kansas," undated flyer (from the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka).