Show us their hats!

[BobHufford]

Wish it was a bigger photo. Teaching cow judging at the University of Missouri in 1920.

 

[BobHufford]

Hatfields ... in hats.

Willis Hatfield standing beside his father, (center) William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, patriarch of the Hatfield family; and at right is another son, Joe Hatfield.

Maybe I should have put this the the "Fedoras Afield" thread based on today's back and forth about Hats and Fields..

 

[Zombie_61]

^ Joe Hatfield there on the right kinda' reminds me of Mr. Haney on Green Acres.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Hatfields ... in hats.

Willis Hatfield standing beside his father, (center) William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, patriarch of the Hatfield family; and at right is another son, Joe Hatfield.

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Maybe I should have put this the the "Fedoras Afield" thread based on today's back and forth about Hats and Fields..

Lol...good one Bob.

 

[GHT]

The sport of football, that's the soccer type of football, has always had a huge following, none more so than here in the UK. We have a competition every year called the F.A.Cup. (Football Association.) It's a knockout competition and it includes everyone, amateurs as well as the professionals.

This link from The Manchester Evening News, will show you photos and reports of the first ever FA Cup Final, held at Wembly, the national stadium, where it was estimated that 200,000 fans managed to get in.

That competition, The FA Cup. FA being the initials of Football Association. The abbreviation of association is: Assoc. That's where the word soccer is derived from.

 

[MisplacedHillbilly]

Hatfields ... in hats.

Willis Hatfield standing beside his father, (center) William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, patriarch of the Hatfield family; and at right is another son, Joe Hatfield.

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Maybe I should have put this the the "Fedoras Afield" thread based on today's back and forth about Hats and Fields..

Well now this can't be right, everyone knows hillbillies only wear bibs and are barefooted. These fellas are to well dressed,must be imposters.
You know I realized I typed that out wearing bibs and while barefooted I'm originally from Virginia, but not to far from where the Hatfields and Mccoys had their "feud".

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Well now this can't be right, everyone knows hillbillies only wear bibs and are barefooted. These fellas are to well dressed,must be imposters.
You know I realized I typed that out wearing bibs and while barefooted I'm originally from Virginia, but not to far from where the Hatfields and Mccoys had their "feud".

Uh...East or West of the Tug?? Just so i’ll know.
B

 

[MisplacedHillbilly]

Uh...East or West of the Tug?? Just so i’ll know.
B

I'm from south and west of the Tug. However my best friends wife is from the eastern side. She is distantly related to the Hatfields actually. They live in WVa. I now live in coastal North Carolina, thats what makes me a "misplaced" Hillbilly lol. If you are familiar with Louis L'Amore books and the Sacketts you'll know the Clinch Mountain Sacketts are the roughest of the bunch. I'm from the Clinch Mountains originally. There's truth in the description of the Clinch Mountain Sacketts.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

I'm from south and west of the Tug. However my best friends wife is from the eastern side. She is distantly related to the Hatfields actually. They live in WVa. I now live in coastal North Carolina, thats what makes me a "misplaced" Hillbilly lol. If you are familiar with Louis L'Amore books and the Sacketts you'll know the Clinch Mountain Sacketts are the roughest of the bunch. I'm from the Clinch Mountains originally. There's truth in the description of the Clinch Mountain Sacketts.

McCoy

 

[Frunobulax]

I'm from south and west of the Tug. However my best friends wife is from the eastern side. She is distantly related to the Hatfields actually. They live in WVa. I now live in coastal North Carolina, thats what makes me a "misplaced" Hillbilly lol. If you are familiar with Louis L'Amore books and the Sacketts you'll know the Clinch Mountain Sacketts are the roughest of the bunch. I'm from the Clinch Mountains originally. There's truth in the description of the Clinch Mountain Sacketts.

I spent about nine years off and on in that area doing field surveys for the Corps of Engineers. From Logan to Haysi, basically.

I've seen things...

 

[MisplacedHillbilly]

I spent about nine years off and on in that area doing field surveys for the Corps of Engineers. From Logan to Haysi, basically.

I've seen things...

Yep thats my old stomping grounds
If you hear banjo music on up the holler.....


Actually go on up and pull up a chair and enjoy the music

 

[Frunobulax]

Yep thats my old stomping grounds
If you hear banjo music on up the holler.....


Actually go on up and pull up a chair and enjoy the music

Unfortunately, I never got to experience any local music scene. Most of my stories have a "Twilight Zone" quality to them, but I met some good people in those hollers.

 

[BobHufford]

Civil War veteran John W. Pollard, in 1906, who served under the name of Private Jackson Ridgway in the 83rd U.S. Colored Troops, in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with medal.

 

[Rmccamey]

Everything is bigger in Texas. Chalk this one up to "You learn something new every day". A 20 ft. Bowler hat in Dallas, TX, Who knew!

 

[hatophile]

I'm from south and west of the Tug. However my best friends wife is from the eastern side. She is distantly related to the Hatfields actually. They live in WVa. I now live in coastal North Carolina, thats what makes me a "misplaced" Hillbilly lol. If you are familiar with Louis L'Amore books and the Sacketts you'll know the Clinch Mountain Sacketts are the roughest of the bunch. I'm from the Clinch Mountains originally. There's truth in the description of the Clinch Mountain Sacketts.

Where in Coastal NC? My ggrandparents on my Dad's side were from Columbus and Brunswick counties. We have rental property near Southport.

 

[MisplacedHillbilly]

Where in Coastal NC? My ggrandparents on my Dad's side were from Columbus and Brunswick counties. We have rental property near Southport.

Two nearest towns to me are Kinston and Goldsboro. Seymour Johnson AFB is 20 minutes north, and Camp Lejeune Marine base is 50 minutes south. Ft.Bragg is an hour and half or so west. Actual coastline I'm closest to Emerald Ilse.

 

[hatophile]

Two nearest towns to me are Kinston and Goldsboro. Seymour Johnson AFB is 20 minutes north, and Camp Lejeune Marine base is 50 minutes south. Ft.Bragg is an hour and half or so west. Actual coastline I'm closest to Emerald Ilse.

Got it. Nice areas. Charlie Daniels was born in Wilmington.

 

[BobHufford]

John Moses Browning.

John M. on left with Matt S. Browning.

The nationally-ranked “Four-Bs” trapshooting team sometime in the late 1890s. Left to right are Gus Becker, John and Matt Browning and A.P. Bigelow.

 

[Woodtroll]

John Moses Browning.

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John M. on left with Matt S. Browning.

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The nationally-ranked “Four-Bs” trapshooting team sometime in the late 1890s. Left to right are Gus Becker, John and Matt Browning and A.P. Bigelow.

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Interesting photos! Reference the last one - AP Bigelow was an interesting author with a wry sense of humor that I enjoy, but I did not know he was a competitive shooter.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

John Moses Browning.

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John M. on left with Matt S. Browning.

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The nationally-ranked “Four-Bs” trapshooting team sometime in the late 1890s. Left to right are Gus Becker, John and Matt Browning and A.P. Bigelow.

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He was a true mechanical genius. He’s sometimes compared to Peter Paul Mauser, but Browning was on a whole different level. Such a range of rifles, shotguns, and pistols is unprecedented. That his designs are still popular and arguably still the best engineered 150 years after he designed them is amazing.