Broker Rivalry

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If you are steeped in American folklore, you probably know about the feud that raged between the Hatfield and McCoy families. If not, it’s quite a story. 

It begins at around the time of the Civil War. The Hatfields were a wealthy family with a large timbering operation along the Tug Fork in West Virginia. The McCoys were farmers with land interests on t…