The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes

The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes

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The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
  • The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes
The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes

The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park by Elmer R. Haynes

$78.00

The Fayerdale Tragedy – Fairy Stone State Park

Elmer R. Haynes — Signed First Edition 1983

Local History • True Crime • Patrick County, Virginia

A scarce and highly sought-after piece of Patrick County, Virginia local history. The Fayerdale Tragedy is Elmer R. Haynes’s definitive 92-page account of the 1927 Fayerdale shootout—one of the most dramatic and consequential events in the vanished boomtown that once stood where Fairy Stone State Park now lies.

Drawing from newspaper archives, court records, and firsthand stories from residents who outlived the tragedy, Haynes reconstructs the moonshine-era tensions that erupted into a deadly confrontation between the Cox brothers and the men attempting to arrest them. The narrative follows the events leading to the shootout (February 6/7, 1927), the deaths of three men (including 16-year-old Maynard Cox and his brother David/Dave Cox, plus Turner Hall), the aftermath, and the major 1928 trial that captivated the region.

Haynes’s connection is personal: two of the murdered brothers were his own second cousins. The work remains one of the only surviving narrative sources documenting Fayerdale’s people, its industrial rise (iron mining and lumber) and disappearance beneath Fairy Stone Lake, and the tragedy that shaped local memory. It is frequently cited in regional genealogical and historical accounts of the event.

Copy Details

  • Softcover / illustrated wraps, 92 pages
  • Signed by the author
  • No ownership marks, writing, or underlining
  • Clean, tight, and well-preserved
  • Cover features black-and-white photographs: the Fayerdale house/residence at top, a formal portrait of a young man, a group portrait (including a man in military-style uniform with two women), and a landscape view of the area with buildings, fencing, and the pond/lake that now covers the former town
  • Extremely limited availability; long out of print and rarely appears on the market

This booklet is essential reading for Patrick County historians, Fairy Stone State Park enthusiasts, and collectors of Virginia true crime, Appalachian moonshine history, and Southwest Virginia regional studies. Signed copies are especially uncommon. A compelling addition to any local history shelf and a standout piece for collectors seeking authentic, place-rooted narratives.

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