[Sea Parrot]

The Pleasant Valley war between Tewksburys and Grahams here in AZ comes to mind. Over 50 men died in it, making the Hatfields and McCoys small potatoes.

Good historical video of the affair here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hekALWtiWm0

[WVNan]

Don't tell me that all of you missed the excellent documentary on the History Chanel this evening before the rerun of the movie? It was better than the movie to me because it was actually filmed in WV on location where it all took place. The actual historical facts came out. The movie stayed fairly close to the actual events, but there were some changes. Bottom line: the McCoy's predominately fought on the Union side and the Hatfields fought on the South. The whole feud was basically just a continuation of the Civil War.

It became so famous because of the paparazzi from the "civilized" world. It was reported in the papers and caught the attention of people "up East" who had not known that such a place as WV & KY existed. For them it was like looking at tribal warfare in Africa. Intriguing. But the Hatfields or the McCoys were not ignorant people. They were well to do, especially Devil Anse.