'Hillbilly' stereotype sparked by famous feud

  • “Devil Anse” Hatfield and “Ole Ran’l” McCoy were celebrities in their day.
    “Devil Anse” Hatfield and “Ole Ran’l” McCoy were celebrities in their day.
  • Headlines such as this mythologized the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Photo courtesy of West Virginia Public Broadcasting
    Headlines such as this mythologized the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Photo courtesy of West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Around 300 miles from Graham County, over 150 years ago, a Union Civil War veteran was murdered, triggering a family feud that “yellow journalists” would use to define an entire region and all of its…

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