Template:Did you know nominations/Drain-Coos Bay stage line

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:17, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Drain-Coos Bay stage line[edit]

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... that stage coaches on the Drain-Coos Bay stage line in Southern Oregon traveled on the beach?

Created by Mtsmallwood (talk). Nominated by Aboutmovies (talk) at 19:08, 22 August 2014 (UTC).

Article is long enough, new enough, neutral and uses in-line citations. Hook is short enough and interesting. Google Books does not allow me to see pp. 44-45 of the cited source for the hook fact, but I assume good faith (and the pictures seem to confirm it as well). Spot-checking for copyright violation was made difficult since much of the article is sourced to the same pages 44-45 that Google Books won't let me read. My spot-check of this source was also made difficult as the relevant pages aren't on Google books. There are also no on-line links for the old Oregon newspapers cited as sources; nor was I able to find them in the Historic Oregon Newspapers cite linked under "References." So many sources without being able to confirm any of them worries me a bit. If the promoting admin can access the relevant Google Book pages 44-45, a second look would be a very good idea. No QPQ is required since this is not a self-nomination. Cbl62 (talk) 04:14, 24 August 2014 (UTC)