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Coffindaffer Crosses at Shady Spring, West Virginia

Coffindaffer's Crosses rise from a small island in the Kanawha River at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.

A set of Coffindaffer Crosses rises on a knoll at Shady Spring, West Virginia. (Photo: Ed Rehbein)

Coffindaffer Crosses at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

Three crosses rise along a West Virginia Ridge

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