Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-06-30

ae'5s and -helr New IOll10'
...t he mountain districts of
rry-s bss been an interesting
-tss columns Of every great daily
~ Brilliant writers have IN
a.g.1s and talked with its inhab-
sce. Scenic artists have
.suwsi hills and narrow valleys
rsd them TO living paper. Ev-
-nmei man has learned some
bs Hatfield country, and around
r5 i,ssides fair cheeks have
.s.5atthe tales Of blood that came
a,.s dark mountain passes. For
to-v Of the Tug river country
Ashnuy feud, whose bloody ieroci-
nailed the civilized world.
: rwssss ago business duties called
ssBon3sat Of the REoIsrER into
.;,, ,ftso state, and be made an
Z .r,-t TO learn the truth Of the
at "a. ,r, o.. crimes that caused so
,,c,.nsat q little over one year
N,sv ia.unary tales have been
r.b.s ss. Be l1d that much yet
-,-s4 r-03 .ts, would in some de-
~ ! sr5s1 ts origin of the Hatfield
Gov fri and extenuate If not excuse
~ it5s o. those who participated IN 1t.
~ rRrrG BIvEE COUNTRY.
ze5 from Calssb1r2 your correspondent
VI slsd by m. .o Louisa @. H., and
no .hsrea horseback ride Of thirty miles
OF t7picsl mountain road landed him
at TnisId, aGtle hamlet dity-six miles
Oni tbe Ohio tyer. At Louisa Court
se the BIZ ,uiy iorks, but the no--o
So ,,a...av- ,1 ne Che dfvi9ins river
ar- 7s.- kentucky and West Virginia.
uggish .r5sm flowing between
m bottoms and .ricged TO the waters
F.h thick U0Eths of willows, beech
au0-e. Steamers run regularly TO
and many miles above there dur
spring floods To the summer sea-
easily iordable, and is practically
" rrsr t0 the free intercourse of the
q" 0.tbe two States
r miles northwest of WNfeld the
~ -il-7 lue OF Wayne and Logan coun-
III West Virginia. strikes Tug river.
.re. -.s for sixty miles south east along the
course lies Logon county, the home
dl.ie.is Opposite 10. but slightly
r to Che south east Is Pike county,
-.ky pikevle, the county seat, is
= 7 miles in the interior through
-.i mountain country, impsssable TO
c and Inhabited by hardy noun
U farmers The mountain is the
~-e.s. between lhe two forks of the Big
md i7 aci on Ore north east side Peter
Ses Is collects tle waters of dozen smaller
.Ot a-s ana empties them into Tug river,
.g miles ab0ve Warheld.
esaa cung geography is even more
-o man rs .'gbbOrs. Ten miles back
VA + l-s l1y rrr lofty range of hills
"a 'l3.r parallel with that stream.
\ 47Cs 9uyan ridge, the backbone Of
- county. On either side a dozen
lain r,vule,s hov down through mar
alleys io -he Tug and the Twelve
5eyout Twelve Pole, on the north. .
Mother range rises. and the travel
lae himself in the valley of
''ll-'t,e All three streams aow
co, northwest, and their parallel
ana intervening bills cover
ti eaNe lace of the country.
/, .-"''. el 01yau Ridge the hills slope
'lt- Che Kentucky border is
%. t, ''- 'l 1s wild and thinly settled
y .,-',a has been the scene of so
oey Encounters. Ii Is watered
,,''. large streams tributary to the
-. Beach and Mate creeks being
\ .lal ones The land is in many
y us1-7 favored by nature. Rugged
= 'ls rise steep to the skies; the
clothed in growths Of mountain
oat nestling down among
srtle farms whose richness is
2e1shed from the land above
cultivated field follows the me-
+. Ratee IN thousand fantastic
30 7etuemenis were made In Logan
u lle eiIly day Of the century.
noe Oh immigration never more
nal .'-s. oF its bills in the rush for
ID f.il1g lands OF The West. The
frcm Virginia. and the
~ lrs- families are still pre-
~ tl-r descendants made up nine
% ,- -llys population. and they
,ifr -uar-ied that the whole cour-
Jll a SIDES of the Tug river has be-
.. @ smily Organization. The
. -,lr. sld hospitality of their
-''e .sa-isd in d great measure
nhsbiants. ~o-day ID
Or kentucky there can not
uer, 0r more peaceful
-ens of members OF the
H'. .etio-i. Mitchell, Clark.
~ Sns Hatfield. Duty. Far
'a-ca and Mccoy families.
s-.- A tle law of hospitality. .
a t'eir midst Is certain OF % f
l1. .u tle most prosperous
tr. to tie humh,est cabin
TIE guest In the hCus OF .
o- McCoys st1res The .
- rd, Many story can
.... the a'mos. crlvalric
& pir of hospitality rs #
t,rs hriel stay iu lbs
.cch experiences Be.
F'Eeon creek, my cou-
n rode up the mountain