Mountain feud saga ends as Dale learns truth and love
In eastern Tennessee Dale son of coal operator Dale arrives at Halfway switch with bride Patricia Clavering. He unravels family feuds and coal riches, faces gunmen and a hangman trial, and through trials with Babe Littleford and John Moreland the tale resolves with truth, forgiveness, and romance.
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Carlyle Wilburton Dale
Bill Dale
John K. Dale
Tennessee
Patricia Clavering
Babe Littleford
Heck
John Moreand
Moreland
Littlefords
Dale
David Moreland
Carlyle
John Moreland
Ben’ Littleford
Bobby Mefaiurian
David Moreland's Mountain
A frontier tale begins with Big Dale fleeing a failed marriage to seek a coal future in eastern Tennessee. He encounters a sharp-eyed mountain girl near Halfway Switch and Laurel amid a wild landscape, sparking a tense first meeting as he seeks shelter with her Moreland kin.
Return of the Mountaineer to the Moreland Coal Saga
Bill Dale travels to the mountain settlement where John Moreland runs a coal operation. By Heck guides him past feuding families the Morelands and Littlefords. Dale learns of a family feud rooted in Carlyle murder as Moreland reveals his brother's death and the coal dispute.
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Guf
Balls
Torreys
Dale
Littlefords
Morelands
Toreys
Advan Ball
Hy Heek Goft
John K. Oxle
David Morelands
David Moreland
John Moreland
Babe
Bill" Dale
Moreland
Yander
Heck
Sam Ueck
Pap
Raoister
Them
Dow
Bill Dale
Bill Aie
Ben Littleford
Gyurl
Habe
Ben
Bradley
Cartersville
Bill
Econl
Chawin
John
Vale
Bill Old Boy
John Morelimio
Aceea
Carlyle
Carlyle Wilburton Dale
West Virginny
Shore
Mr. Dale
David
Laurel Fork
John K. Carlyle
Joe
Ana
John K. Wale
John K. ‘Dale
West Virginia
Young Dale
Addie
Mountain Home Guests and the Morelands
Dale stays with the Moreland family of mountaineers. Granny Heck predicts a future of love with Babe Littleford and hints at a rival, Black Adam Ball. John Moreland marks a devout household as Dale contemplates lingering with the lively clan.
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Babe
McLaurins
Dale
Black Adam
Ball
Desperado
Cartersville
Cale
Morelands
John Moreland
Granny Heck
Bill
Mr. Bill
Caleb
Addie
Mrs. Moreland
Mr. Bhi
Ra’ Mussy
Gyurl
Babe Littleford
Fallin
Black Adam Ball
Kely
Littlefords
Luke
Mr. Dale
St. Matthew
Bill Dale
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Hapsburg Liebe
Irwin Myers
Doubleday, Pago & Ca
Babe” Littleford
Black Adam" Bull
Cincinnati
Nan Sore
Major Bradley
Mountaineers
Goff
Caleb Moreland
Jimmy Wayne
Reh
Jimmy Fayne
Abe
Litttert
Joan Moreland
Bil” Dale
Hill Dale
Davi Moreland
David Moreland’s
Big Dale
Patricia
Coal
Halfway Switch
Big Vine Mountain
Wille-boy
Grandpap
S Doubleday
Cartyle
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