His murder was initially pinned on Devil Anse, but it may have been his uncle, Jim Vance. Whoever was responsible, Asa’s killing was the first shot across the bow in the Hatfield-McCoy feud.

There are now operating trail systems in all nine of the original counties designated in the Hatfield-McCoy Trails footprint ...

Who were Devil Anse Hatfield and Ole Ran'l McCoy? What stubborn sense of honor and justice drove them into a feud that claimed so many members of their families?

Cline's hatred of Devil Anse only reinforced Randal's obsessive resentment of Hatfield. The so-called pig trial illustrates the connection between personal animosity and economic circumstances.

It was here that Devil Anse Hatfield, the patriarch of the Hatfield Clan, is said to have single-handedly fended off a company of Union soldiers.

Devil Anse Hatfield (Robert D. Hardaway, left) gives his son Johnse a talk about what it means to be a man in a scene from “Hatfield & McCoy.” | MIchael Brosilow Share “Beware the man who ...

Infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud comes to life through exhibitHatfields and McCoys mingle peacefully in the mountainous region where their families waged one of America's most famous feuds. Now a museu… ...

There was no practical explanation for why I was climbing up a steep, rocky path in a forgotten little corner of West Virginia, searching for the grave of Devil Anse Hatfield, the leader of the ...

William Anderson Hatfield, known as Devil Anse, sits cross-legged with his rifle across his lap. He poses for a traveling photographer alongside members of his family and local workers.

Sam Maher, a McCoy descendant, and Billy Hatfield, great grandson of William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield, shake hands after laying a wreath at the grave of Devil Anse Hatfield at the ...

The two leaders, Devil Anse Hatfield and Ran’l McCoy, were both tall, bearded, gray-eyed, good shots and prolific. Hatfield and his wife, Levicy, had nine sons and four daughters.

Overseen by Chad Bishop, husband of Hatfield’s great-great-great granddaughter, all the work is done by hand in a converted garage on a mountainside six miles from “Devil Anse” Hatfield’s ...