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Hatfield-McCoy Festival has increased attendance

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PIKEVILLE, KY (AP)- -

The annual Hatfield and McCoy Festival in Pike County was a lot more popular this year after a recent miniseries about the family feud was featured on the History Channel.

Pike County Tourism Director Tony Tackett told WYMT-TV that the number of people visiting the eastern Kentucky county in recent weeks has tripled and the weekend festival was packed with people.

He says tourists came wanting to see the infamous sites of the feud that happened more than a century ago in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia.

Tackett says he expects the interest to continue and notes that the tourism office is open seven days a week now to accommodate the increased interest.

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