Colorado Citizen, June 1, 1882, October 12, 1882, October 19, 1882, October 26, 1882; Lewis E. Daniell, Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas (San Antonio: Maverick Printing House, 1892), p. 221. Two years earlier, on May 20, 1880, the Colorado Citizen had published an article, written by Towell, which briefly outlined the history and platform of the Greenback Party.