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- ↑ "Tailholt". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ↑ Historic Spots in California, Third Edition, pg. 563 Tailholt, Tulare County
- ↑ Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery
- ↑ [Jack Gordon buried in the Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery, died in a gunfight. A known member of the Mason Henry Gang. Frank F. Latta, Tailholt Tales, Brewer's Historical Press (February 1, 1976)]
- ↑ Jack Peter Worthington Gordon
