Photographs of the real people in the Hatfield and the McCoy families, whose famously violent 19th century feud has shaped perceptions of Appalachian life. The feud between the Hatfields and ...

Randall took the more affluent Hatfields to court in Kentucky but lost. A vicious, decades-long family feud ensued.

Randolph McCoy, the patriarch of the McCoy family of northern Kentucky, claimed that Floyd Hatfield had stolen his pig. The ...

During a recent visit to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, I checked out Dolly Parton's Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Feud show. I'd been to her nearby Dollywood theme park many times while in the area — and ...