A copy of a Joint Resolution by the Kentucky legislature is at the link below.
The Resolution begins with: “WHEREAS, the Hatfields and the McCoys were two families who lived in the Tug River Valley on the border of West Virginia and Kentucky in the middle of the 19th century and who carried on a bitter, violent feud for more than 25 years;”
Is this Resolution, as it plainly is intended to be, a statement of historical fact? Or, is it a representation of fable and fiction as history, under the imprimatur of a state government?
This story can be read in my book, “Lies, Damned Lies, and Feud Tales.” https://tinyurl.com/ycqlg3oy