Sources: Horswell 1983, Boynton 1969a, Boynton 1969c, Jimenez 1993, Grothe 1978.

Interviews: Jean Shepherd, Jeff and Suzanne Brown.

Unattributed quotations: Jean Shepherd ("There I was . . .", "But you just don't . . .", "The water kept coming"), Jeff Brown ("Valentine's Day was . . .")

Discovery

Sources: Baytown Sun 1969. Horswell 1983. Houston Post 1961. Troutt 1972. Wiese and Woods 1969, Orton 1969.

Interviews: Jean Shepherd, Jeff and Suzanne Brown.

Unattributed quotation: Suzanne Brown ("only in California . . .")

Boom

Sources: Henson 1986, pp. 74-90. Horswell 1980. Clark 1963. Rogers 1972. Larson and Porter 1959, p. 17.

Photo archives: Captions on Sterling Municipal Library photos, probably by I.M. "Deacon" Jones

Sources: Henson 1986, pp. 76-104. Horswell 1980. Horswell 1983. Weidig 1976. Clark 1963. Larson and Porter 1959, pp. 63, 73. Rundell 1977, pp. 118-133.

Interviews: Jeff and Suzanne Brown.

Photo archives: Captions on Sterling Municipal Library photos, probably by I.M. "Deacon" Jones

Sources: Henson 1986, pp. 128-129. Horswell 1983 ("$1 million"). Weidig 1976. Larson and Porter 1959, pp. 209-210, 364.

Interview: Suzanne Brown.

Photo archives: Captions on Sterling Municipal Library photos, probably by I.M. "Deacon" Jones

Sources: Henson 1986, pp. 124-125. Larson and Porter 1959, p. 560-564, 589-600, 623.

Interviews: Jeff and Suzanne Brown, Jean Shepherd, Gerry Reynolds.

Unattributed quotations: Jeff Brown ("to raise children," "gone to heaven"), Jean Shepherd ("such a beautiful place," "bay breezes," "We were a peninsula," "It was quiet," "Sunday afternoon drive"), Gerry Reynolds, "you could entertain")

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