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- ↑ Crawford Co. Historical Society. "Early Crawford County Churches". rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ↑ "BoomtownUSA by Jack Schultz: Preservation in Illinois' Oldest Town". boomtownusa.blogspot.com. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ↑ http://www.pioneercity.com/fortlamotterangers/fortlamotteupdate.html%5B%5D
- ↑ "Fort Lamotte, Palestine, Illin - Genealogy.com". genforum.genealogy.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ↑ "Fort Lamotte & Fort Foot - Palestine, IL". Waymarking. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
