- An inexhaustive list of sources for real quotes or significant phrases from contemporary publications, eyewitness testimony, or the work of historians. I believe some of these words are that much more powerful in light of the fact that they were gleaned from the historical record.
- Here: “one hundred [more] men to hell”: Shogan, 106; testimony of Toney Webb, transcripts of Sid Hatfield’s murder trial
- Here: “down the road apiece”: New Republic, Sept. 21, 1921, 87
- Here: the “better people” of Mingo County: Savage, loc. 1176; NYT, May 19–20, 1921
- Here: “We have gathered here today … even the heavens weep”: Mooney, 89; Shogan, 161
- Here: “I request that you abandon your cause … from the state of West Virginia”: Gorn, 272
- Here: “Whereas, the governor of the State of West Virginia”: Proclamation 1606, Warren G. Harding
- Here: “ocean with a broom”: West Virginia Coal Fields Senate Hearing, 972
- Here: “It is believed that the withdrawal of the invaders … bloodshed”: Shogan, 200; NYT, Sept. 3, 1921
- Here: “their adding machine”: Savage, loc. 2628; NY Tribune, Sept. 4, 1921
- Here: “Gaunt-faced women … half-heartedly”: Savage, loc. 2723; Roanoke Times, Sept. 9, 1921
- Here: “No sob stuff”: Savage, loc. 2724; Roanoke Times, Sept. 9, 1921
- Here: “human lice”: Shogan, 218; New York Journal, April 15, 1922