Devil Anse Hatfield was one of the very first post-Civil War timber industry entrepreneurs -- part of the lesser-known history of the Hatfield and McCoy feud.

Randle 'Ole Ran'l' McCoy was patriarch of the family on the Kentucky side of the feud.

Kevin Costner stars as Devil Anse Hatfield in the History channel's "The Hatfields and McCoys: An American Vendetta."

Bill Paxton plays Randle McCoy in "The Hatfields and McCoys: An American Vendetta." The three-night miniseries starts on Memorial Day.

Roseanna McCoy

Johnse Hatfield

"There is going to be a landslide of national media about our state's history and that will result in a landslide of attention," says Bill Richardson, who has worked for years on a Hatfield and McCoy tourism effort in West Virginia.

Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of "American Pickers" filmed a recent episode in the state, checking out Hatfield & McCoy memorabilia.