Extra History

Battle of Blair Mountain - Get Your Rifle (139x2)

Air date: Sep 24, 2022

McDowell County, West Virginia. August 1st, 1921. 15 months after the Matewan Massacre, Sid Hatfield was gunned down in front of a courthouse. The Baldwin Felts agents had gotten their revenge and planted guns on the dead. The miner's anger boiled over and they'd finally had enough. They got their rifles and headed to Blair Mountain. Where Sheriff Chafin, Governor Morgan, Logan County officials, and Military Leader General Harry Bandholtz waited for their charge.