Sources:
Special thanks to Bill Kalt III, Dave Devine and Ken Karrels of the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum for research assistance.
James Henry Toole — Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays (Arizona State University Library Online)
James Henry Toole Bio File (Arizona Historical Society)
Jay J. Wagnor, “Arizona Territory 1863-1912: A Political History,” The University of Arizona Press, 1970
C.L. Sonnichsen, “Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City,” University of Oklahoma Press, 1982
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1852 California Census
1860 U.S. Census (Township 3, Placer County, Calfornia)
Note on sale of La Paz silver mine, The Weekly Arizonian, May 22, 1869
1870 U.S. Census (Tucson, Pima County, Arizona)
Note on J.H. Toole leaving for New York, Arizona Citizen, April 13, 1872
Note on J.H. Toole returning to Tucson, Arizona Citizen, Nov. 2, 1872
Note on mining trip in Sonora, Mexico, Arizona Citizen, Dec. 14, 1872
Note on re-election of James Toole, Arizona Citizen, Jan. 10, 1874
Note on Toole’s experiment with hens, Arizona Citizen, May 1, 1875
“Railway to Yuma and Eastward,” Arizona Citizen, Sept. 23, 1876
“Important City Council Meeting,” Arizona Citizen, May 16, 1879
1880 U.S. Census (Tucson, Pima County, Arizona)
1881 Tucson City Directory
“Hudson & Co., Bankers, of Tucson and Tombstone Fail,” Weekly Phoenix Herald, May 15, 1884
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“Arizona Album: Toole Avenue Name For Banker,” Tucson Daily Citizen, July 15, 1957
1885 Iowa State Census (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa)
