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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Anne M. Jensen (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rockshelters on the Gauley Ranger District, Monongahela National Forest" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.
