Don't know if anyone posted this yet but here it is. Three part series of blood and guts
Hatfields & McCoys — History.com TV Episodes, Schedule, & Video
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Hatfields and McCoys History Channel. Monday
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Wyatt Burp
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In the previews someone carries a brass framed 1858 remington .44. They never existed! I won't watch this show! Just kidding. I can't wait to see it. It looks great. I'm curious to see how close Romania looks to west virginia (I think that's where the fued happened). I hope a few S&W .44 russians pop up in the movie. Original pics of the Hatfields show family members brandishing them is these great intimidating poses. Looks like costner, i mean Anse Hatfield, carries a Uberti pistol gripped '73 Winchester. Costner showed his expertise using one in Open Range.
DeathGrip
US Veteran
The DVR's set. 
Funny thing. In about 1998, the factory I worked at (in Grand Rapids, MI)
had both a Hatfield and McCoy working there. Jerry McCoy , a supervisor, was a descendant of the originals. Nice guy. He said there were still relatives from both families but no more problems between them.
had both a Hatfield and McCoy working there. Jerry McCoy , a supervisor, was a descendant of the originals. Nice guy. He said there were still relatives from both families but no more problems between them.
I shoot on a North-South Skirmish Association team and we have several Hatfields from Southwest Virginia as members. They are kin to the feudin' ones and yes, they CAN shoot!
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
Years ago I worked with another security agent. His wife also was a security officer on another nearby job. Things went bad for them and they divoriced. She went back home in that area, got to be a police chief and got killed there. Sounds like a rough area. Here is a article on her. My friend her ex, really went south after that. He had a son murdered in california and couldnt accept things and did some jail time. He had a PI private business going and kind of overstepped himself.
Chief of Police Chloe Francis Stanton, Bradshaw Police Department, West Virginia
Chief of Police Chloe Francis Stanton, Bradshaw Police Department, West Virginia
guitar1580
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I recorded it too, didn't watch it yet. Yes it happened in southern West Virginia. I was telling someone earlier today about that being some of the most remote, backwoods area of the country. Can you say Deliverance?
A friend and I took a camping trip to Logan County a few yrs ago, and toured those mountains on our dual sport motorcycles - the Hatfield / McCoy Trail system, shortly after it was first opened. You can really get way far from civilation in those mountains. Bear country, which the campground attendant reminded us of. Some rough looking backwoods folk, with a southern accent that you can barely understand. My fellow rider seemed surprised and relieved that I had a big magnum.
The trails are labled at 3 skill levels. We did them all, and some were pretty wicked. Some narrow ledges along the edges of mountains where you can look a mile or so down. Abandoned coal shafts. Steep rock cliffs to go down over.
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Aside from the one incident where machine and I parted ways, mid flight, and getting stung by a huge indigenous creature in the wood pile, it was a fun and interesting trip. Wish I'd have explored more local history. Anyone see the American Pickers episode of the general store down there?
Josh P
A friend and I took a camping trip to Logan County a few yrs ago, and toured those mountains on our dual sport motorcycles - the Hatfield / McCoy Trail system, shortly after it was first opened. You can really get way far from civilation in those mountains. Bear country, which the campground attendant reminded us of. Some rough looking backwoods folk, with a southern accent that you can barely understand. My fellow rider seemed surprised and relieved that I had a big magnum.
The trails are labled at 3 skill levels. We did them all, and some were pretty wicked. Some narrow ledges along the edges of mountains where you can look a mile or so down. Abandoned coal shafts. Steep rock cliffs to go down over.
Hatfield and McCoy Trails - The world's best ATV, side x side, and dirtbike trail riding destination! Your adventure begins with over 500 miles of trails for all skill levels! Come find out why trail riders eveywhere call Hatfield-McCoy.....Trails He
Aside from the one incident where machine and I parted ways, mid flight, and getting stung by a huge indigenous creature in the wood pile, it was a fun and interesting trip. Wish I'd have explored more local history. Anyone see the American Pickers episode of the general store down there?
Josh P
I was introduced to a grandson of Devil Anse Hatfield years ago by my ex FIL. Joe was elderly and in bad health at the time but you could tell he had been a hard case in his day. He was once sheriff of Logan County WV, it doesn't get much rougher than that. Supposedly Joe still had Anse's Colt and Winchester. The FIL saw them but I never did.
According to my book, "The Hatfields and the McCoys" by Virgil Carrington Jones, everyone could shoot back then. You had to shoot to to eat, and stay alive The two good looking boys on the back row of the family picture were Troy (Detroit) and Elias, two of Anse's middle children and too young to participate in the feud. The Norfolk RR had been experiencing mountaineers shooting at their trains. They hired Troy and Elias to protect them. When the word got out that the Hatfields were on the job the shooting stopped. Troy and Elias were later involved in bootlegging, a likely occupation for young mountain businessmen. An Italian bootlegger tried to horn in on their territory in Boomer, WV. They paid him a visit. Elias went in the front door, Troy the back. The newcomer fired on Elias killing him then turned and fired at Troy killing him as well, but not before Troy had put two through his heart and one in his head, everyone could shoot.
It will be interesting to see how this plays on TV. According to the book there were more non Hatfields and McCoys in the feud than the named participants. Even the governors of KY and WV got into it.
According to my book, "The Hatfields and the McCoys" by Virgil Carrington Jones, everyone could shoot back then. You had to shoot to to eat, and stay alive The two good looking boys on the back row of the family picture were Troy (Detroit) and Elias, two of Anse's middle children and too young to participate in the feud. The Norfolk RR had been experiencing mountaineers shooting at their trains. They hired Troy and Elias to protect them. When the word got out that the Hatfields were on the job the shooting stopped. Troy and Elias were later involved in bootlegging, a likely occupation for young mountain businessmen. An Italian bootlegger tried to horn in on their territory in Boomer, WV. They paid him a visit. Elias went in the front door, Troy the back. The newcomer fired on Elias killing him then turned and fired at Troy killing him as well, but not before Troy had put two through his heart and one in his head, everyone could shoot.
It will be interesting to see how this plays on TV. According to the book there were more non Hatfields and McCoys in the feud than the named participants. Even the governors of KY and WV got into it.
fat tom
Absent Comrade
Getting back to the show last night,I was pretty disappointed. The scenery didn't look much like WV (no surprise since it was filmed in Romania) and,as usual,the accents were butchered by the actors. I hope the next two episodes are better.
f.t.
f.t.
I live in the area where the feud took place. There are still a lot of Hatfields and McCoys in area. I worked with both. I will not watch it on TV since I have heard too much about it for years. There is some tourist interest and they even have an ATV trail named after it.
sigp220.45
US Veteran
I watched it last night, and really enjoyed it. I'm not sure if the star-crossed lovers part of the plot is historically correct, but the rest seems to follow the story pretty well.
OP
That is pretty sad.
"It was cheaper to film it in Romania"
I still liked it OK. Better than anything else on.
At least one of the Hatfields is a politician in McDowell county or City of Welch I believe
I was very dissapointed! I simply could not understand what was being said. They really butchered the southern dialect. I started several times to change the channel but kept thinking it would get better, it didn't. Aren't there any southern speaking actors out there? How about Billy Bob Thornton, Eric Roberts and such. I ended up sleeping through the last thirty minutes. I will try it again tonight and hopefully I can get interested in it.
redneckemt
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They don t speak Southern in them parts. They got it right.
OP
They aren't necessarily southern (geographically speaking), just because they were Rebels, they're more Appalachian. I'm Texan, but I don't talk like a Geogian, or Carolinian. But we are usually Rebel brothers.
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