Trigger Warnings: very brief mentions of child marriage. Otherwise, gun violence in the early 1900's.
Movie moments shouldn't lead to a massacre but that's what we have here. A rom-com-esque moment at a dance leads to a bloody mess at the Carroll County Courthouse in Virginia when a prominent family feels like they can get away with anything.
Sources:
https://theroanoker.com/interests/history/hillsville-massacre
https://carrollvamuseum.org/museum/courthouse-tragedy/
https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2012/03/14/100-years-ago-law-and-disorder/
https://blueridgetales.com/romance-gunfire-and-the-hillsville-courthouse-massacre/
Allen Clan Family Tree:
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ggracie/genealogy/clan.html
MUSIC:
Spin the Wheel by Analog Zoo
https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/spin-the-wheel/135646
