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- ↑ Wintermantel, Mike (January 24, 2011). "Goschgoschink". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ↑ Myers, Andrew J. (2012). "An Examination of Late Prehistoric McFate Trail Locations". Allegheny Archaeology Research. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ↑ McCreight, Major Israel (1939). Memory Sketches of Du Bois, Pennsylvania, 1874–1938: A History. DuBois, PA: Gray Printing. p. 69. OCLC 28554939.