Got lost for quuuuite a bit, and wound up in Rowdy, KY. Now, I may be wrong, but I think I was in the land of the blue people.
Saw a whole bunch of mail boxes with the name Fugate on 'em, and a street called Hardshell Fugate Fork (or Pike). And I know that the Blue Fugates lived in Kentucky.
For those of you who think I am crazy (or high) - I am neither. Well, at least not high. I can't remember the name of the condition, but it really did give folks blue skin. The condition is also (I think) a side effect of an early aspirin substitute that Tylenol replaced (for obvious reasons).
Anyway, that's that.
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RUCKUS IN ROWDY
wikepedia says...
The Hatfield-McCoy feud (1878–1891) is an account of American lore that has become a metaphor for bitterly feuding rival parties in general. It has been described as an Appalachian Capulet-Montague rivalry, involving two warring families of the West Virginia-Kentucky backcountry along the Tug Fork River, off the Big Sandy River. However, unlike the fictional Romeo and Juliet, the Hatfields and McCoys were violently real.
The Hatfields lived on the West Virginia side of the Tug Fork, and the McCoys lived on the Kentucky side. Both families were part of the first wave of pioneers to settle the Tug Valley. Both were involved in the manufacture and sale of moonshine (Get some while you're there JB. It may be your only chance!). Both apparently were involved in pro-Confederate guerrilla activity during the American Civil War. The Hatfields were led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield (1839–1921). The McCoys were led by Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy (1825–1914). Both family leaders outlived the feud.
Although both families lived in the Appalachian mountains and are considered "hillbillies" they were actually very intelligent people.[citation needed] They had both acquired much land and respectability. The Hatfields were more affluent than the McCoys and were very well politically-connected, but both families owned a good amount of property. The McCoys, with a Scots-Irish heritage, were, and are, a very proud family.
"The feud"
- Beginning of the feud -
As legends go, the first recorded instance of violence in the feud occurred after an 1878 dispute about the ownership of a hog: Floyd Hatfield had it, and Randolph McCoy said it was his. But in truth, the dispute was over land or property lines and the ownership of that land. The pig was only in the fight because one family believed that since the pig was on their land, that meant it was theirs; the other side objected. The matter was taken to court, and the McCoys lost because of the testimony of Bill Staton, a relative of both families. In June 1880, Staton was killed by two McCoy brothers, Sam and Paris, who were later acquitted on the grounds of self-defense.
wow!
Hello, eric! How's it going? Thanks for the clarification. I met a woman yesterday (no, no -two days ago), and she is a hatfield. Or rather, her grandmother was born a hatfield. She corroborates that both families were very wealthy, which I never knew. That, in her opinion, is why the two families had so much invested in this feud.
And j-dub, yes! methemoglobanemia! that's the condition. I think you can see why I couldn't remember the name...
also, y'all are awesome!
-jabber
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