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- 1 2 Worley, William S. (October 1993). J.C. Nichols and the Shaping of Kansas City: Innovation in Planned Residential Communities. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-0926-2.
- ↑ Connelly, William E. (1918). A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans. Lewis Publishing Company.
- ↑ Indian Hills Country Club
- ↑ "Indian Hills Country Club". GolfLink. Demand Media. Retrieved 9 Nov 2010.