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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newport News,Virginia,United States.
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- 1 2 "Death of Walter Post". newspapers.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ Parke, Rouse (December 8, 1996). "Walter Post, Builder of NN". Daily Press . Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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