Excelsior Colony Bibliography
"Fort Nonsense." Republic County Clippings. Topeka, KS: KSHS, 1960. (K978.1/-R30/Clipp./v. 3/pp. 65-67).
Jenkins, E. Jefferson. The Northern Tier. Topeka, KS: George W. Martin, 1880. (K/978.1/J42/pp. 125-126).
Waldron, Nell B. "Colonization in Kansas From 1861 to 1890." Doctorate dissertation, Northwestern University, 1923. (K/325.1/W147/pp. 46-50).
Winsor, M. and James A. Scarbrough. "The Excelsior Colony." In History of Jewell County, Kansas,14-15. Burr Oak, KS: Excelsior Study Club, 1960. (K/978.1/-J54/Pam.v.1/no. 3/pp. 14-15).