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The French-Eversole Feud

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • Aug 27, 2016 • 15m
In the last part of the nineteenth century, newspapers across America were obsessed with tales of blood feuds in Appalachia, the best known of which is the Hatfield-McCoy feud. At the time, however, no other feud got more coverage than that between the French and Eversole families of Hazard, Kentucky. Private armies battling each other, […]