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Family photo of the Hatfield clan, including guns and family dog, taken in 1897.

Ky., W.Va. team up on Hatfield McCoy treasure hunting trail

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Family photo of the Hatfield clan, including guns and family dog, taken in 1897.
Family photo of the Hatfield clan, including guns and family dog, taken in 1897.

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) – The home of a historic Appalachian feud has a new tourist attraction: the Hatfield McCoy Geo Trail.

Geocaching is a modern-day version of treasure hunting and a global pastime.

The trail is a partnership between the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce in Williamson and Tour Pike County in Pikeville, Ky. It opened last month with a special event for 518 visitors from 18 states.

There are 15 caches in Mingo, Logan and Pike counties, each in historic locations linked to the families who were featured in a History miniseries this spring.

Hunters can get a passport and collect special stamps at each cache.

Anyone who finds them all takes home a collectible coin featuring the family patriarchs, Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy.

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Online:

Geo Trail: http://www.hatfieldmccoygeotrail.com/

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ADDITIONAL IMAGES OF NOTE

Family photo of the Hatfield clan, including guns and family dog, taken in 1897.
Family photo of the Hatfield clan, including guns and family dog, taken in 1897.
Map showing Hatfield-McCoy feud site along the Tug Fork tributary (right) in the Big Sandy River watershed. Art created by Kmusser, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Map showing Hatfield-McCoy feud site along the Tug Fork tributary (right) in the Big Sandy River watershed. Art created by Kmusser, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.