Category: Hatfields and McCoys
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Photoblog: Hatfields & McCoys Historic Sites Ready for Tourists Season
This article was written in 2018. Over the past month, Pike County Tourism CVB, along with the Pike County Fiscal Court, Pikeville City Government, UMG, and a host of volunteers worked to get many of the Hatfields and McCoys Historic Sites ready for tourist season. City and county staff worked tirelessly to restore the grave…
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Hatfields & McCoys Historic Feud Driving Tour Brochure
Download | Request By Mail The Hatfields & McCoys Historic Feud Driving Tour is one of Eastern Kentucky’s most popular attractions, with thousands of visitors each year exploring the sites where the most infamous feud took place. Visitors can see the Hog Trial Cabin, the McCoy Homeplace featuring the McCoy Well, the historic Pike County Courthouse where…
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Hatfield & McCoy Feud Descendants Speak at TBA Convention
Kingsport, TN – The Tennessee Bar Association’s 2017 Annual Convention featured a very special group of keynote speakers, the Hatfields and the McCoys. William Keith Hatfield, great grandson of “Devil Anse” Hatfield, and Ron McCoy, third-great grandson of Randolph McCoy, were scheduled to speak at the convention, detailing their experiences with their families’ storied history.…
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The McCoy Well Song – Hatfield & McCoy Heritage Music
Originally posted 9-9-2016 Local musician Jim Hunt recently wrote and recorded a song about the legendary Hatfield McCoy Feud. Titled “The McCoy Well”, this song tells the story of one of the feud’s darkest hours, when the Hatfields attacked the McCoy’s homeplace. Performed in an Eastern Kentucky bluegrass style, Jim Hunt narrates the events of…
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McCoy Descendent Reflects on Ancestral Home, Pike County, Kentucky
Written by Ron McCoy Eastern Kentucky is a land of history and heritage. Beyond the beauty of its rugged hills and pristine forests, it is home to an area rich in a culture of faith and strong family ties. While stories of the Hatfields and McCoys once brought notoriety to the region, interest in feud…
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5 Things Hatfields and McCoys Still Feud Over
In 2003, Bo McCoy and his cousin Ron McCoy, both direct descendants of feud leader Randolph McCoy, worked tirelessly with Reo Hatfield, descendent of the feuding Hatfields, to bring an official end to the world’s most famous feud. While peace between the two families had been in place for several decades, Bo, Ron and Reo…