Santa Fe Trail Carava
American Latino Heritage, National Park Service
Blackmar, Frank W.; Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Standard Publishing Co, Chicago, Il, 1912
Cutler, William; History of the State of Kansas, A.T. Andreas, Chicago, IL, 1883
The Farm at Lanesfield, Kansas
History of the Santa Fe Trail & Its Founder, William Becknell
Henry, Inman; The Old Santa Fe Trail – The Story of a Great Highway, Norwood Press, Massachusetts, 1897
Kansas State Historical Society
Kaw Mission, Council Grove, Kansas
National Register of Historic Places Documentation
New Mexico Office of the State Historian
Santa Fe Trail Research (website no longer active)
Varney, Philip; New Mexico’s Best Ghost Towns: A Practical Guide; University of New Mexico Press; 1987