away.
Upon the arrival of the authorities, the first question everyone asked was simple:
How could seventeen children have disappeared for so long without anyone noticing?
This shocking photo revealed the reality of child labor and was a key element in…
The answer would lead investigators to the story of one of the strangest families ever told about in the mountains.
A family known as the Hollow Ridge clan.
For generations, the Hollow Ridge region belonged to a group of families who rarely interacted with outsiders. They lived at the bottom of valleys where road construction was difficult and where the mountains themselves formed a natural barrier between communities.
People who lived nearby knew the names.
They knew the stories.
But they rarely knew the truth.
The Dalhart family was one of those names.
Old records show different spellings over the years: Dalhart, Dalhard, Dale Hart. As with many Appalachian
