Hatfield&McCoy History channel

[1911Tuner]

Bloody Madison! The old gentleman who lives across the road...actually more of a driveway...was born and raised in Madison County, up near Mars Hill. His family moved here right after WW2. He was a Navy Frogman. Hopped his way through the Marianas and the Solomans. The old salt's got some interesting stories to tell.

 

[kimbernut]

QUOTES-Originally Posted by 1911Tuner
May not have been mid-winter. As a native Appalachian hillbilly, I've seen snow on the ground as early as mid-September and in late April.
Originally posted by Fotno
Ayup... Where my people are from (Madison County, NC) I've seen snow just about every month of the year except July and August.
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I've also had gobblers gobbling their heads off in late February in the Ga. Mtns.

 

[Fotno]

Bloody Madison! The old gentleman who lives across the road...actually more of a driveway...was born and raised in Madison County, up near Mars Hill. His family moved here right after WW2. He was a Navy Frogman. Hopped his way through the Marianas and the Solomans. The old salt's got some interesting stories to tell.

Bloody Madison indeed. My folks are from Mars Hill, born and raised on the Upper Laurel river. Considering your neighbor's service in the USN, there must've been something in the water up there, cause my dad and uncle were both in the Navy too.

It truly is a small world.

 

[Saddlebag Preacher]

In the first show, very beginning, Anderson Hatfield was helping a young rebel soldier hold a brass framed pistol under his chin, I guess to commit suicide, the frame was cut for cartridges (or blanks) and the cylinder was bored through, no nipples or caps.

Other than that, fellas, my Stepfather's family (I'm 54 now and he's passed) are from WV in Wayne and Mingo County. I can remember when I was about 7, I attended my Step Grandmother's funeral. Pretty much everyone there were carring a pocket pistol in their overalls or a shotgun close by. Weren't no feuds then as far as I know (1960's), nor were we Hatfields or McCoys, it's just the way they were. Not much different now than it was then seeing that a lot of us here on THR carry CCW.

 

[doubleh]

Well, I enjoyed the series. Perhaps it's because I'm a Costner fan but even Bill Paxton did a good job.

I learned long ago that there is a lot more fiction than fact in any movie or TV show and don't expect to not to see mistakes. Costner seems to do a pretty good job trying to be correct but I don't know just how much control he had in this project.

 

[Ryanxia]

All and all a good mini-series worth watching.