With the exception of City Dairy, most of the information in this publication came from the Alamogordo Public Library.  The staff was always courteous and helpful.  My thanks also to the personnel at the Townsend Library, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo, especially Lois Knowles, for their help in securing secondary source materials.  El Paso information mostly came from the special collections department of the University of Texas at El Paso Library, a group of people who have been helpful in my research for the past decade.

     In addition, I am very grateful to W. J. "Willie" McMurry for sharing his memories and reading over my manuscript about City Dairy until all historical inconsistencies were eliminated.  Special gratitude goes to Leonard Sheffield, owner of the old City Dairy property (as of 1998) for showing me around the place, allowing me to take photos, and for giving me samples of bottles, cartons, and other artifacts around the place.  Thanks also to June Harwell for sharing her memories of Borden's and Farmers Dairy operations in Alamogordo.

     As always, a bouquet of gratitude to my wife, Wanda Wakkinen, for listening to my endless speculation about bottles, bottler, and history and for sharing her insights with me.