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- ↑ Joan K. Pitts (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Indian Cave Petroglyphs" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
