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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ William Gus Johnson (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fisher Homestead". National Park Service . Retrieved February 26, 2018. With three photos from 1983.
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