All of the sources below have been unwitting accomplices in my biography of Ken Curtis.

  1. Directory of Western Writers and Entertainers
    Stan Paregien, Editor - 2000
  2. The Old Corral (B Western Movie Reference Guide)
    By Chuck Anderson
  3. Michael Quin Heavener´s Gallery of Life
    With a squint of an eye, he becomes Festus Haggen
    Published by The Idaho Press-Tribune 1978, Pioneer League Newspapers, Boise-Nampa-Caldwell, ID, 83652
  4. Gunsmoke.net
    Festus Trivia and Festus Speak
  5. From Great Character Actors, Page 4.
  6. Hollywood Cowboys
    Herbert Hoover Library Museum
  7. http://www.jimmydoncox.com/friends_ken.asp
  8. Internet Movie Database
    Ken Curtis Biography
  9. TV Tome
  10. KEN GRIFFIS
    Author - Hear My Song
    The Story of the Celebrated
    Sons of the Pioneers
  11. Bryan Waltz
    TV Land Site
  12. VH1 Sons of the Pioneers Bio
  13. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
  14. Find a Grave
  15. The Official James Arness Web Site
  16. The HOOSIER HOT SHOTS
    The creators of Midwestern Rural Jazz.