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House on Shades of Death Creek

An old homestead stands on the edge of pastures south of Shades of Death Creek.

An old homestead stands on the edge of pastures south of Shades of Death Creek in Fayette County, West Virginia.

Shades of Death Creek appears on a 1915 map of southern Fayette County, West Virginia.

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