tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363417267053930444.post4905444070059086359..comments2024-02-06T02:44:37.363-05:00Comments on Always Anxiously Engaged: Appalachian Feuds - My Take on the History Channel's "Hatfields and McCoys" MiniseriesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659654175733834201noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363417267053930444.post-36582664721330211082019-08-18T16:38:05.234-04:002019-08-18T16:38:05.234-04:00Angelina! I would love to converse about blood lin...Angelina! I would love to converse about blood lines. If you would like, send me an email at MissPeggy55@gmail.comMissPeggy55https://www.blogger.com/profile/02742650350847848436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363417267053930444.post-52636287383673385242019-08-18T05:01:55.627-04:002019-08-18T05:01:55.627-04:00I am James Berry's grand daughter Descendant o...I am James Berry's grand daughter Descendant of Ida Mae Lester.. . please P.M me .. I have so many questions about out blood lines. Grammpy told stories. I met Aunt Flo at his funeral in Dec. 5th 2009. My son is 20. He is the youngest male of this side of the blood line. <br />PM me- i will give you my personal #. My Mother is Lilly Mae Berry ! Again.. just true FAMILY questions. We are so spread out. <br />Angelina- James Berry's Grand Daughter Proudlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331399928697724670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363417267053930444.post-57881590251185153362012-06-05T19:43:06.852-04:002012-06-05T19:43:06.852-04:00Oh, Cindy! Thank you for your comment! I agree w...Oh, Cindy! Thank you for your comment! I agree with the pride and forgiveness issue. Entire generations were affected by their decision to not let go of feelings. What a shame. I, too, was touched by his lament. It just didn't happen soon enough.MissPeggy55https://www.blogger.com/profile/02742650350847848436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363417267053930444.post-81812792518077420672012-06-05T19:28:21.310-04:002012-06-05T19:28:21.310-04:00Awesome Peggy! Watched the show and it's sad ...Awesome Peggy! Watched the show and it's sad what a little pride and no forgiveness can do to men! Not to mention letting your children grow into making their own decisions. Interesting how Anse laments in the last segment how he wondered if things would have been different if they had just let their son marry his sweetheart. Love can sometimes conquer mountains ... even the Appalachian kind!!Cindy K. Smith-Thredgoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704990414553601920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363417267053930444.post-87942628482943078582012-06-05T12:35:01.809-04:002012-06-05T12:35:01.809-04:00Great post - and great story. How true that the H...Great post - and great story. How true that the History Channel gets things wrong - unfortunately, a lot of times. I, too, thought of it as a Kevin Costner western. But it was certainly enjoyable. Thanks for setting the record straight! :)Carla Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619143242524216127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363417267053930444.post-29588715360938524942012-06-05T12:30:04.778-04:002012-06-05T12:30:04.778-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carla Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619143242524216127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363417267053930444.post-11003057805498867382012-06-02T21:11:11.090-04:002012-06-02T21:11:11.090-04:00Interesting post! I have not seen the show but TV ...Interesting post! I have not seen the show but TV cabins are usually a far cry from reality. Some of those cabins would have had dirt floors, and very likely no grass in the yard because there were no mowers, only goats or sheep or the scythe. So yards were often bare, with a fence to keep livestock out and beyond the fence was pasture or meadow and probably pretty scraggly.<br /><br />About the trees--it might be true that the area was heavily forested at the time of the feud and I have not researched this, but in my area of West Virginia (Jackson county) people clearcut the land to make pasture, meadows and cropland--even the steepest land was cleared. You can imagine the erosion. I've seen photos from the turn of the century and later, and there was little forest left. I don't know if this was the case in the Tug Valley, though.<br /><br />Horses--people did take pride in their horses, but probably the movie horses were a lot higher quality than might have been in the mountains. As to the riding off from the bar, yeah, that might have actually been reality. It was pretty wild in these parts.<br /><br />I laughed out loud at your story of the sewage pipe! What an excellent solution. Your Dad was a master, all right.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.com