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These fascinating old photographs in West Virginia are like a window into the past that no one living has ever experienced.
I have done a few camping trips in the Smokies over the last couple of months and the only problem is I never seem to have time to blog about them. Just went t…
On this day, Jan. 7, in 1865, Asa Harmon McCoy was killed in West Virginia in the oldest-known violence in the legendary feud between the Hatfields and McCoys. The families generally lived on opposite sides of the Tug Fork, the McCoys in Kentucky and the Hatfields in West Virginia. During the Civil War, wounded Union
Here in the mountain terrain among the wildest in eastern America, the twisting Tug Fork River sliced West Virginia's Logan (now Mingo) County with its Hatfields and Kentucky's Pike County with its McCoys into separate and independent-minded states. And never would that independence be more challenged than with the coming of the War Between the States, when Kentuckians and West Virginians fought and died for both the Union and the South's honor and cause.
Family Feuds can be nasty things. It's bad when two people feud, but when entire families are at odds, it's worse. Just ask the Hatfields and McCoys.
d/o; Roseanna McCoy & Johnson Johnse Hatfield. Roseanna's baby daughter was named Sarah Elizabeth. The sign by Sarah's grave said she was buried next to a tree, on the hill bedside (Aunt) Betty McCoy's home. Betty's home is located near Pikeville, Pike Co., Kentucky. The baby was about 8 months of age at the time...
While History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys miniseries is a fictional retelling of the infamous feud, writer Dean King's upcoming book The Feud will attempt to piece together the full picture. Here are 10 spots King visited in his re
New England has been home to dozens of Little Canadas for centuries, but their contribution to the region's history and culture are often overlooked.
House was located on Blackberry Fork of Pond Creek. It burned Jan. 1, 1888, during a Hatfield raid. Two of Randolph's children, Alifair and Calvin, were killed in attack; their mother Sally was badly injured. Randolph and other children escaped. Site is part of Hatfield-McCoy Feud Historic Dist.
French hydrangeas from my back yard Dinner was great last night. All the family that is in driving distance was here, except for Buffy and Phil--they had other plans. We had enough food to feed "Cox's Army," as my mama...
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A Kentucky Feud That Doesn’t Involve The Hatfield's and The McCoy's! Genealogy research sometimes has many turns and twists. There are always surprises that turn up unexpected relatives, stories that have been handed down through the family that turn out to be that – just stories with no truth to them. And then, very occasionally,…
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This is a neat old sign in Tulsa. It is actually one main street over from Route 66 on Admiral. The Real McCoy.
The Hatfield clan New Year’s attack on Randolph McCoy’s cabin marked a turning point in America’s most famous feud — the homestead was set ablaze, and two McCoys were gunned down. Hatfield family members and supporters were soon thrown in jail.
More than a century after the last shots were fired in America's most famous feud, the Hatfields and McCoys mingle peacefully in the mountains they call home, singing together in church choirs, sharing pot-luck lunches and headlining an ever-growing annual festival.
Police Chief. Born in Blackberry, Pike Co., Kentucky, the tenth of twelve children of Jacob Hatfield, a tenant farmer, and his wife Rebecca Crabtree. A miner in his teens, he then became a blacksmith. He was nicknamed 'Smilin' Sid' because of his distinctive grin, showing gold-capped teeth. He seems to have had a...
McCoy Pottery, one of the best known potteries of the 20th century with a rich history.
