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“1841 Census of Lifton, Devon. Mason Families from Lifton and Kelly Parishes, Devon, England.” Our Family Past, https://www.ourfamilypast.com/article/topic/945/1841-census-lifton-devon. Accessed 14 Dec. 2020.

1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census for Washington F Roser. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/. ancestry.com, 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census [database on-line].

“A. K. Johnson Funeral Details. Round About Coffeyville.” The Coffeyville Daily Journal, [Coffeyville, Kansas], 17 Oct. 1914, p. 4. newspapers.com.

“A. K. Johnson of Bartlesville I.T., Passed through This City Yesterday . . .” News-Broad-Ax, [Coffeyville, Kansas], 28 May 1891, p. 5. newspapers.com.

“A Modern Structure. Independence Adds Another to Her List of Elegant and Fashionable Business Blocks.” Independence Daily Reporter, [Independence, Kansas], 25 July 1902, p. 3. newspapers.com.

“A Narrow Chance. Mr. Ed. Mason Submits to a Serious Surgical Operation.” The Evening Star, [Independence, Kansas], 23 Jan. 1906, p. 4. newspapers.com.

“A Pioneer Gone (John Mason Obituary).” The Evening Star, [Independence, Kansas], 21 Nov. 1905, p. 5. newspapers.com.

“A Resolution Enabling Bona Fide Settlers to Purchase Certain Lands Acquired from the Great and Little Osage Tribe of Indians, April 10, 1869 [No. 18].” United States Statutes at Large, vol. 16, Little, Brown, and Co., 1871, pp. 55–56, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112200623421?urlappend=%3Bseq=123. Hathi Trust Digital Library.

“A Strong Company (Ed. Mason Listed among Stockholders).” The Weekly Star and Kansan, [Independence, Kansas], 15 June 1894, p. 2. newspapers.com.

“A Suit Has Been Instituted in the District Court of Allen County against the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, Humboldt.” South Kansas Tribune, [Independence, Kansas], 27 Sept. 1871, p. 3. newspapers.com.

Abel, Annie Heloise. Indian Reservations in Kansas and the Extinguishment of Their Title. 1900. University of Kansas, Thesis, https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/8221. KU ScholarWorks.

acatholicmission.org. “Transition from Osage Mission to St. Paul.” A Catholic Mission, https://www.acatholicmission.org/12-transitions.html. Accessed 12 Aug. 2023.

Adelbert Streeter, Private, Company H, 58th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union. FamilySearch, United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, Washington D.C.: Nat’l Archives and Recs. Admin., https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSWJ-7ZW. Accessed 16 Dec. 2020.

“Administrator’s Notices Regarding the Estate of Thomas H. Mason.” South Kansas Tribune, [Independence, Kansas], 12 Mar. 1873, p. 3. newspapers.com.

Akright, Ora Frye. Indian Land Cessions to the United States. 1924. University of Kansas, M.A. Thesis (History), https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/21357. KU ScholarWorks.

Allen, Daniel R. (Lieut. ). “Muster Roll Entry for Longcor, George N.” Descriptive Roll of Captain Thomas H. Roseberry’s Company (G) of Twenty-First Regiment Infantry Missouri Vols., 1863, p. 267 line 42. FamilySearch, Military Records; 17th regiment infantry companies A-K 18th regiment infantry A-K 21st regiment infantry A-K 23rd regiment infantry A-K 24th regiment infantry A-K 25th regiment infantry A-K, LDS film #1021082, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-J3DP-S9H2-G?i=266&cat=425623.

Anderson, William, editor. A Little House Sampler. Perennial Library, 1989.

—. Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography. 1st ed, HarperCollins, 1992.

—. Laura Ingalls Wilder Country. HarperPerennial, 1990.

Andes, L. D. “Letter Relinquishing SW1/4 S27-T34S-R13E in Montgomery County, Kansas, to Sutton McWhorter for $200.” Letters of Cancellation, Rejections and Suspensions, 1871, pp. 351–52, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/140115204. National Archives, Letters of Cancellation, Rejections, and Suspensions, 5/19/1862 – 11/4/1871; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, 1685 – 2006 (RG49); National Archives at Kansas City (RM-KC), Kansas City, MO.

“Andrew John Brown (1846-1916) – Find A Grave Memorial.” Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39096571/andrew-john-brown. Accessed 23 July 2017.

Baird, Alex H. “Letter to Hon J. D. Cox in Relation to Settlers Going upon Lands of the Osage Indians in Kansas.” Neosho Agency, 1831-1875: 1870-1871, 1870, pp. 49–53, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/164143232. National Archives, M234 – Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881; Letters Received, 1824 – 1880; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 – 1999 (RG75); National Archives Building, Washington, DC.

Banns of Marriage between Thomas Mason & Joanna Mason. FamilySearch, 1831, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-QPWV-S?i=14&cc=1804330&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKCS6-G9P. FamilySearch, England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912. Dunterton Register of Banns of Marriage, p. 7, #14 (image 15).

“Bar Docket: Montgomery County District Court for the March Term Beginning March 3d, 1896. Court Docket. Etta Mason vs. Edmund Mason.” The Weekly Star and Kansan, [Independence, Kansas], 28 Feb. 1896, p. 4. newspapers.com.

“Barnett Cemetery.” Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society, http://www.kvgs.org/k3socemBARpics.html. Accessed 24 Nov. 2020.

Bass, N., et al. Appointment of Appraisers to Appraise Section 36 Township 33 Range 14. 15 Dec. 1871. State Archives Division, Kansas Historical Society, Copy in possession of author.

Becker, Sharon R., transcriber. “Ringgold County Iowa History Chapter Two ~ Out Of The Pathway Of Main Travel.” IAGenWeb Project. Ringgold County, Jan. 2011, http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/history/1942/hist-1942_ChapTwo.html.

Becker, Sharon R., and Cathy Kilgore. “Ringgold County IAGenWeb Project ~ ‘T-V’ Surnames, Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr IA.” IAGenWeb Project. Ringgold County, http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/cemeteries/tscrpts/rosehill/T-V.html#v. Accessed 24 Nov. 2020.

Bien, Morris. “The Public Lands of the United States.” The North American Review, vol. 192, no. 658, Sept. 1910, pp. 387–402. JSTOR.

“Brake v. Ballou.” Kansas Reports, vol. 19, 1877, p. 397, https://books.google.com/books?id=2XVCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA397#v=onepage&q&f=false.

“Brake v. Ballou, 19 Kan. 397 (1877).” Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas, 2nd Edition: Extra Annotated Edition, vol. 19, West Publishing, 1912, pp. 397–403, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pacific_States_Reports_v_1_29_Kansas/2XVCAQAAMAAJ. Google Books, Pacific States Reports: v. 1- 29. Kansas.

“Branch No. 27 (Descendants of Thomas Latta).” Latta Genealogy Society, http://www.latta.org/Branches/Branch%2027.htm. Accessed 14 Feb. 2020.

Brown, George A., et al. “Letter to the Hon. James M. Harvey, Governor of the State of Kansas Regarding the Disenfranchisement of Voters in the Election for the Organization of Montgomery County.” Montgomery County Organization Records, 1869, pp. 48–51, https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/217033/page/48. Kansas Memory.

“Brown, Josiah J. (2 N.J. Inf.) Soldier Details.” The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service), https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=BE758B87-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A. Accessed 15 Dec. 2020.

“Brown, Josiah J. (2 N.J. Vet. Inf.) Soldier Details.” The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service), https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=BD758B87-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A. Accessed 15 Dec. 2020.

“Brown, Josiah J. (15 N.J. Inf.) Soldier Details.” The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service), https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=BF758B87-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A. Accessed 15 Dec. 2020.

Buckner, Dr. Ben. 1850 U.S. Census Name Frequencies: Male First Names. c 2004, https://www.buckbd.com/genea/1850fnml.txt.

Bur. of Land Mgmt. “Edmund Mason Tract Book Entry for NW1/4NW1/4 S30-T33-R15.” Kansas S and E, vol. 41, p. 154, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WS-YD3M?i=158. FamilySearch, United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955; Kansas. Accessed 4 Dec. 2020.

—. “Frederick Brown Tract Book Entry for SE1/4NE1/4,NE1/4SE1/4 S20-T32-R15 & SW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4 S21-T32-R15.” Kansas S and E, vol. 41, p. 139, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WS-Y8GN?i=140. FamilySearch, United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955; Kansas. Accessed 17 Oct. 2022.

—. “Kansas S and E.” United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, vol. 41, https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2074276. FamilySearch, “United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955.” Database with images.

—. “S. A. James Tract Book Entry for NW1/4SW1/4 S26-T33-R14.” Kansas S and E, vol. 41, p. 45, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WS-Y63N?i=46. FamilySearch, United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955; Kansas. Accessed 17 Oct. 2022.

—. United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955. Database with images, FamilySearch, 16 June 2023, https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2074276. Bur. of Land Mgmt.

“Burial of Ed. Mason.” The Evening Star, [Independence, Kansas], 26 Jan. 1906, p. 5. newspapers.com.

Burns, Louis F. A History of the Osage People. University of Alabama Press, 2004.

Burr, Frank A., and Richard J. Hinton. The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan: Its Romance and Reality. G. W. Lyon, 1889, https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/lGhHAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA3. Google Books.

Burrell, Howard A. “A. E. Sands.” History of Washington County Iowa From the First White Settlements to 1908, vol. II, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1909, pp. 413–15, https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/TXcUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA413. Google Books.

“Business References.” Historical Atlas of Montgomery County, Kansas, 1881, p. 15.

“C. W. Canning.” History of Montgomery County, Kansas, 1903, pp. 569–70, https://archive.org/details/historyofmontgom01dunc/page/568/mode/2up.

“Callahan’s Present. (‘Ed. Mason . . . Has Returned from a Protracted Visit at His Old Home in England. . . .’).” The Weekly Star and Kansan, [Independence, Kansas], 5 Oct. 1905, p. 3. newspapers.com.

Cappello, Nile. “The Bloody Benders: America’s First Family of Serial Killers.” CrimeReads, 19 Aug. 2019, https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/.

Case, John F. “Let’s Visit Mrs. Wilder.” Missouri Ruralist, 20 Feb. 1918, p. 15. newspapers.com.

“Caught on the Wing. (‘The Funeral of John Rowles . . .’).” The Wichita Daily Eagle, [Wichita, Kansas], 29 Aug. 1915, p. 8. newspapers.com.

Chapman, Berlin B. “Removal of the Osages from Kansas, (Concluded). (The Kansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. VII, No. 4, Nov. 1938, Pp. 399–410).” The Kansas Collection, transcribed by Lynn H Nelson, Nov. 1938, http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1938/38_4_chapman.htm.

—. “Removal of the Osages from Kansas, Part One. (The Kansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. VII, No. 3, Aug. 1938, Pp. 287–305).” The Kansas Collection, transcribed by Lynn H Nelson, Aug. 1938, http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1938/38_3_chapman.htm.

Christening Record for Edmund Mason. 1845, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTFT-58B. FamilySearch, “England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975”, database.

Christianson, James R. A Study of Osage History Prior to 1876. 1968. The University of Kansas, https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/15010. KU ScholarWorks.

“Citizens National Bank, Independence, Kansas. Stockholders.” South Kansas Tribune, [Independence, Kansas], 10 Apr. 1901, p. 1. newspapers.com.

Clarke, Frances M., and Rebecca Jo Plant. “No Minor Matter: Underage Soldiers, Parents, and the Nationalization of Habeas Corpus in Civil War America.” Law and History Review, vol. 35, no. 4, Nov. 2017, pp. 881–927. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0738248017000414.

Clarke, Sidney. “Report on the Treaty with the Great and Little Osage Indians.” Congressional Globe, 40th Cong., 2nd Sess., 1868, pp. 3256–57, https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=082/llcg082.db&recNum=187. Library of Congress, American Memory: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates.

Clement, Margaret Gray. Research on “Little House on the Prairie.” Independence Chamber of Commerce, 1972.

“Commercial National Bank, Independence, Kansas. Stock Holders.” South Kansas Tribune, [Independence, Kansas], 10 Apr. 1901, p. 1. newspapers.com.

“Commercial National Bank, of Independence, Kas. Stockholders.” Independence Daily Reporter, [Independence, Kansas], 4 Mar. 1893, p. 2. newspapers.com.

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Connelley, William E. “Indians.” A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, vol. I, Lewis Publishing Company, 1919, pp. 226–28, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086427754&view=1up&seq=290. Hathi Trust Digital Library.

Copp, Henry N., editor. Public Land Laws Passed by Congress from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875. A.L. Bancroft & Co., 1875, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Public_Land_Laws_Passed_by_Congress_from/0eQ9AAAAIAAJ. Google Books.

Cory, R. W., et al. School Land Appraisement, State of Kansas, Montgomery County, Section 36 Township 33 South Range 14 East of the 6th P.M. 18 Dec. 1871. State Archives Division, Kansas Historical Society, Copy in possession of author.

“Country Correspondence. Bolton. (‘John and Ed Mason Will Start for Their Old Home in England . . .’).” The Coffeyville Weekly Journal, [Coffeyville, Kansas], 17 May 1901, p. 5. newspapers.com.

“Covered Wagons.” The Oswego Weekly Register, [Oswego, Kansas], Vol 1. No. 1., 13 May 1869, p. 2. newspapers.com.

Craig, John. “Osage Trust Lands. Deposition in the Matter of the Application of Edmund Mason.” Land Case Entry File No. 5022, 1872.

Cutler, William G. “Montgomery County.” History of the State of Kansas, A. T. Andreas, 1883, p. 1563 et seq., https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951p010711602?urlappend=%3Bseq=519. Hathi Trust Digital Library.

“Daniel B. Brown (1848-1878) – Find A Grave Memorial.” Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151493854/daniel-b.-brown. Accessed 17 Aug. 2017.

“Daniel Everett (1836-1898) – Find A Grave Memorial.” Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11338700/daniel-everett. Accessed 20 Mar. 2020.

Dassler, C. F. W. “Amendment to § 4, Kansas Sale of School Lands Act of 1864. ‘Privilege of Purchasing, Etc.’” The General Statutes of Kansas, vol. 1, W. J. Gilbert, 1876, p. 934, https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/DUhMAQAAIAAJ. Google Books.

David H Mikel, 1884. 3 Apr. 2015, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNS-BYQS. FamilySearch, United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.

“David Hugh Mikel (1841–1870), Sarah B. (1843–Deceased) Family Tree.” FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KN8F-BWF. Accessed 14 Dec. 2020.

“Death Claimed Another Pioneer on Sunday in the Passing Away of Joseph L. James . . .” South Kansas Tribune, [Independence, Kansas], 5 July 1916, p. 5. newspapers.com.

“Death Claims Jos. L Jones. Another Old Settler Passed Away Yesterday (Joseph L. James).” Independence Daily Reporter, [Independence, Kansas], 3 July 1916, p. 2. newspapers.com.

“Death of Edmund Mason.” The Daily Free Press and the Times, [Independence, Kansas], 26 Jan. 1906, p. 5. newspapers.com.

“Death of Edward Mason Last Night of Ulcer.” Independence Daily Reporter, [Independence, Kansas], 25 Jan. 1906, p. 1. newspapers.com.

“Death of Mrs. Ella Mason. Widow of the Late Edward Mason Passed Away This Afternoon.” Independence Daily Reporter, [Independence, Kansas], 6 Aug. 1920, p. 5. newspapers.com.

“Delinquent Tax List. Independence Township. John Thompson.” The Weekly Star and Kansan, [Independence, Kansas], 27 July 1883, p. 4.

“Details of District Court Appearance in Etta Mason vs. Edward Mason (‘About 6 p.m. the Court Heard the Case of Etta Mason vs. Edward Mason, of Bolton . . .’).” Independence Daily Reporter, [Independence, Kansas], 22 Mar. 1896, p. 2. newspapers.com.

“—.” The Weekly Star and Kansan, [Independence, Kansas], 27 Mar. 1896, p. 4. newspapers.com.

“Devon Census Populations Parishes I-M.” Footprints. Genealogy & Family History Research in Devon, England, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/genealogy/dev2/census/i.htm. Accessed 4 Dec. 2020.

“Diogenes S. James.” History of Montgomery County, Kansas, 1903, pp. 452–53, https://archive.org/details/historyofmontgom01dunc/page/452/mode/2up.

“District Court Notes. Etta Mason vs. Edmund Mason. (‘Divorce Granted . . .’).” The Weekly Star and Kansan, [Independence, Kansas], 3 Apr. 1896, p. 4. newspapers.com.

Dodge, Melvin Gilbert, editor. “Josiah Johnson Brown. (Rutgers Chapter. Rutgers College, New Brunswick N.J. Roll of Members, 1860).” The Delta Upsilon Dicennial Catalogue, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, 1902, p. 470, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Delta_Upsilon_Decennial_Catalogue_19/YN0CAAAAYAAJ. Google Books.

Drake, Charles Clayton. Who’s Who in Coffeyville, Kansas and Vicinity: A History of Kansas and Montgomery County, Including the Cities of Coffeyville, Independence, Cherryvale, and Caney. 1943, https://www.coffeyvillepl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Whos-Who.pdf. Coffeyville Public Library.

Drummond, Willis and U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Instructions Relating to Disposal of Osage Trust Land. 28 Mar. 1871, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/159146745. National Archives, Instructions Relating to Disposal of Osage Trust Land, 3/28/1871 – 3/28/1871; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, 1685 – 2006 (RG 49); National Archives at Kansas City (RM-KC), Kansas City, MO.

Duncan, L. Wallace. History of Montgomery County, Kansas. By Its Own People. Press of Iola Register, 1903. archive.org, Internet Archive, http://archive.org/details/historyofmontgom00dunc.

“Early History of Montgomery County.” The Weekly Star and Kansan, [Independence, Kansas], 27 Aug. 1897, p. 1. newspapers.com.

Easley, Sharon. Personal Communications Re. Edmund Mason & Family. 8 Dec. 2016–27 July 2017.

Eckles, Polly, transcriber. “1852 State Special Census of Iowa, Henry County.” Iowa State Census Project, http://iagenweb.org/census/textdisplay.php?file=/census/henry/1852-IA-henry.txt. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.

—, transcriber. “1854 State Census of Iowa, Henry County.” Iowa State Census Project, http://iagenweb.org/census/textdisplay.php?file=/census/henry/1854/IA-1854Henry-Jefferson.txt. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.

—, transcriber. “1856 State Census of Iowa, Henry County, Jefferson Township.” Iowa State Census Project, http://iagenweb.org/census/textdisplay.php?file=/census/henry/1856-ia-henry-jefferson.txt. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.

Eckles, Polly, and Marcia Arn, transcribers. “1854 State Census of Iowa – Washington County, All Townships.” Iowa State Census Project, http://iagenweb.org/census/textdisplay.php?file=/census/washington/1854-ia-washington-all_twps.txt. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.

“Edmund Mason.” History of Montgomery County, Kansas, 1903, pp. 507–08, https://archive.org/details/historyofmontgom01dunc/page/506/mode/2up.

“Edmund Mason (1846-1906) – Find A Grave Memorial.” Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8373663/edmund-mason. Accessed 17 Nov. 2020.

“Edmund Mason Erecting Building on the Corner of 8th and Main Streets. (‘[The] Large and Substantial Building at the Corner of Eight and Main Sreets [Sic] in This City . . .’).” The Evening Star, [Independence, Kansas], 2 May 1902, p. 1. newspapers.com.

Edmund Mason (Montgomery County) Kansas State Land Patent for School Lands (W1/2NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4 S36-T33S-R14E 6th PM). 24 May 1881. Kansas Historical Society, Reference Services, State Archives Division, Topeka KS.

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“Everett, Daniel. Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Detail Report.” Office of the Illinois Secretary of State. Illinois State Archives, Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database, https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilmustersrch.jsp [Search Criteria: ‘Everett, Daniel’]. Accessed 24 Nov. 2020.

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“From Humboldt. (‘In Conversation with Mr. C. M. Ralstin, . . .’).” South Kansas Tribune, [Independence, Kansas], 26 July 1871, p. 3. newspapers.com.

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“General Incidental Expenses of the Indian Service, § 12 Great and Little Osage Removal from Kansas. (Act of July 15, 1870).” United States Statutes at Large, vol. 16, Little, Brown, and Co., 1871, p. 362, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112200623421?urlappend=%3Bseq=450. Hathi Trust Digital Library.

“Geo. A. Brown, the Surveyor . . .” South Kansas Tribune, [Independence, Kansas], 7 Mar. 1894, p. 2. newspapers.com.

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—. Map of the SE Corner of Rutland Twp. & the SW Corner of Independence Twp., Montgomery County, KS. Satellite Imagery, 2020. Google Maps, https://goo.gl/maps/UXfw3a8Z4uF6qaqb7.

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