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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Robert L. Brooks. "Grobin Davis Site". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
