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Acrea, Jan, 2001, personal communication, unpublished manuscript outlining the history of the Somerset Refinery, 3 p.
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Bushong, P.D., 1970, A casual history of oil and gas in Daviess County, Kentucky delivered to the Daviess County Historical Society January 23, 1970: unpublished transcript in the Kentucky collection of the Owensboro Daviess County Public Library, 22 p.
Campbell and Barlow, Publishers, 1861, New map of Kentucky and Tennessee from authentic reports of county surveyors throughout the states of Kentucky and Tennessee with a new key for measuring distances and specifying localities (which key is secured by copyright.): Louisville, Kentucky, scale ca. 1:600,000 (digital image of map accessed at Library of Congress web site, URL http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:1:./temp/~ammem_4rCV::, 26-Apr-2001).
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Diamond, W., 1943, The Desda Oil Pool in Clinton County, Kentucky: Somerset, Kentucky, 19 p.
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Eyl, W.C., 1922, Special Oil and Gas Edition, Map of Kentucky an Original Compilation: Lexington, Kentucky, scale approx. 1:250,000, 4 sheets with geologic sections.
Filson, John, 1784, This map of Kentucke, drawn from actual observations, is inscribed with the most perfect respect, to the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America; and to His Excellency. George Washington, late Commander in Chief of their Army: Philadelphia, ca 1:633,600 (digital image of map accessed at Library of Congress web site, URL http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:1:./temp/~ammem_WmWb::, 26-Oct-2001).
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