"Hatfields & McCoys Identify Battle Site" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 09 Aug 2015 7:31 p.m. PST |
The Hatfield and McCoy descendants came armed — with digging tools. Side by side, they worked together to help archaeologists unearth artifacts from one of the bloodiest sites in America's most famous feud.The leader of the dig says they have pinpointed the place where Randolph McCoy's home was set ablaze in the woods of eastern Kentucky during a murderous New Year's attack by the Hatfield clan. Two McCoys were gunned down in the 1888 ambush on Randolph McCoy's homestead. It marked a turning point in their cross-border war waged in Kentucky and West Virginia, led by family patriarchs William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield and Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy… link |
| Walter White | 09 Aug 2015 8:34 p.m. PST |
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| Razor78 | 11 Aug 2015 5:36 a.m. PST |
One of my ancestors was shot and killed while acting as a "deputy" for the McCoys. |
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