Posted on 04/05/2007 7:10:03 PM PDT by Dysart
Hector St John de Creve'Coeur an observer of revolutionary America referred to the "back settlers"(Pioneers) among them the "Scotch Hebrideans" about whom he wrote, "He who would wish to see America in its proper light...must visit our extended line of frontiers...where men are wholly left dependent on their native tempers and on the spur of uncertain industry....There, remote from the power of example and check of shame, many families exhibit the most hideous parts of our society....prosperity will polish some, vice and the law will drive off the rest, who, uniting again with others like themselves, will recede still further, making room for more industrious people, who will finish their improvements....Such is our progress; such is the march of the Europeans toward the interior parts of this continent. In all societies there are offcasts; this impure part serves as our precursors or pioneers; (Letters from an American Farmer: Letter 3: What is an American?)
Thanks for the link. I have read about the blue Fugates before.
Sounds like one of our family reunions! ;-)
Dixie ping - there’s history in them hills
A good part of the feud started over timber rights and coal deposits claimed by Anse Hatfield as I understand it.
I had a sister who suffered from Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome. It is a terrible disease that caused her to lose her sight, and resulted in 10 brain tumors in about 25 years. Before she died, she was confined to a wheel chair because of tumors on her spine, and could barely speak because of tumors in her vocal cords.
I had never heard of the hot temper issue though. I can understand how that could happen to people, although my sister didn’t have that problem.
On a side note, I have a neighbor who is a McCoy, but so far I’ve never heard of him having a bad temper.
Well, they must be american blue bloods!
Perhaps both families were “sick” of living next to each other.
I was thinking the same thing myself.
I was thinking the opposite: a couple of the guys actually appear not to have their fingers on the triggers of the guns they're holding. '-) That is rare in photos made during that era. Nonetheless, I'd much prefer to stay out of their range...
NIH: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/von_hippel_lindau/von_hippel_lindau.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000340.htm
The links are interesting.
“Looks like a bullet-proof house too.”
I live in an 18th century log house.
It is....:)
Great breakthrough!! I’m sure that researchers will find more people with treatable “anger episodes.” What a blessing for those who have the disease, but don’t realize it.
People on drugs or alcohol are often considered less responsible for their bad behavior, even if they knowingly took the first drink or dose.
I'd bet, too, that some of the McCoys took up drinking in an attempt to calm themselves down.
I feel sorry for the family. The family members with the disease have quite a handicap to deal with.
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