The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, while the McCoys of Kentucky were under the leadership of Randolph “Randall” or "Ole Randall" McCoy. The feud gained national attention through tabloid coverage, and has entered American culture as a metonym for any bitterly feuding rival parties.
Hatfields and McCoys, two American Appalachian mountaineer families who, with their kinfolk and neighbours, engaged in a legendary feud that attracted nationwide attention in the 1880s and ’90s and prompted judicial and police actions, one of which drew an appeal up to the U.S. Supreme Court
Hatfields and McCoys | American Feud, Family Rivalry & History - Britannica
Hatfields & McCoys: With Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Matt Barr, Tom Berenger. Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.
The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield, who lived on the West Virginia side of Tug Fork, a tributary of the Big Sandy River in present-day Mingo County (formerly part of Logan County). The Hatfields were more affluent than the McCoys and were well-connected politically. Devil Anse Hatfield’s timbering operation was the source of his family’s ...
The Bloody Feud of the Hatfields and McCoys - Legends of America
What Was the Cause of the Hatfields' and McCoys' Feud? - TIME
But whatever started the Hatfield and McCoy feud was enough to make it one of the most infamous clashes in U.S. history. The feud emerged at the tail end of the 19th century between two families, the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky, who lived on opposite sides of a stream called the Tug Fork.