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References
- ↑ Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina, 1893, page 215
- ↑ Open Jurist, Commissioners of Buncombe Co v. Tommey, 1885
- ↑ General Railway Notes, South Carolina's Interests, New York Times, Jan. 31, 1880
- ↑ Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina, 1893, page 215
- ↑ Thomas Lanier Clingman: Fire Eater from the Carolina Mountains, Thomas E. Jeffrey, page 213
- ↑ Appalachian History: Manuscript Resources in Special Collections, Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad Company Archived January 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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