The most infamous feud in American folklore, the long-running battle between the Hatfields and McCoys, may be partly explained by a rare, inherited disease that can lead to hair-trigger rage and ...

The History Channel made its own history with "Hatfields & McCoys." The miniseries drew the biggest audience ever for a nonsports event—twice. More than a century later, the storied feud is as much ...

A family feud that started more than 100 years ago in a small Kentucky town may finally be put to rest, thanks in part to a Durham resident. Historians say the feud between the Hatfields and the ...

The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has become a part of American folklore and myth. More than 100 years later, the story of the feud has become a modern symbol of the perils of family honor ...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- A pen and ink sealed the end of Appalachia's most infamous bloody feud instead of a shotgun and bullets. Descendants of the Hatfield and McCoy families gathered Saturday in Pikeville ...

The most infamous feud in American folklore, the long-running battle between the Hatfields and McCoys, may be partly explained by a rare, inherited disease that can lead to hair-trigger rage and ...

The infamous feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families may have had a genetic component. A number of West Virginia McCoy descendants have a rare inherited disease which can cause intense, immediate ...

Maps and genealogical tables on folded dust jacket. Introduction : murderland -- The path to Pikeville -- Dark and bloody ground -- Border states -- Hog trial -- Montagues and Capulets of the ...

Bad blood, 1854-1882. War comes to the Big Sandy, 1854-1862 ; Un-civil warfare, 1863-1865 ; Timbering the sublime forest, 1865-1877 ; The importance of razorbacks, 1878-1880 ; Moonshine and love, 1880 ...

My ancestors were Appalachian hillbillies – Scots-Irish settlers with large families and quick tempers. Family clans separated into smaller groups called sets, derived from the Scots septs. They were ...