Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 2, Summer 2007 Page: 219
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 2, Summer 2007, periodical, Summer 2007; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1835634/m1/92/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.