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- ↑ The Dispatch, October 7, 1969.
- ↑ Earl Hamner: From Walton's Mountain To Tomorrow. James E. Person, Cumberland House Publishing, 2005, ISBN 9781581824551, p154.
- ↑ TV.com: CBS Playhouse: Appalachian Autumn.
- ↑ Growing Up on the Set: Interviews With 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television. Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup, McFarland, 2002, ISBN 9780786412549, p17.
