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- ↑ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- ↑ "Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia. December 2016.
- ↑ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- 1 2 "Another Fayette Newspaper Is No More". Beckley Post-Herald. 2 October 1972.
- ↑ "About The Fayette Tribune". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
- 1 2 "Memorial Sought for Those Lost". The Atlanta Constitution. 25 July 2010.
- ↑ "The Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster: Summersville, WV". National Park Service. U. S. Department of the Interior.
- ↑ "Book explores Hawks Nest tunnel history". Fayette Tribune. 2 April 2008.
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