Historic Sidna Allen House T-Shirt

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The history of the Allen family and what became known as the Hillsville Courthouse Massacre from www.theroanoker.com
Nobody knows who fired the first shot that cold, gray day, but before it was over, four lay dead, one was dying, and Carroll County would never be the same again.

Perhaps the hardest thing for an outsider to understand is the frequently heard claim that the subject is dead. �The Courthouse Massacre? Don�t nobody talk about that much any more,� says the young workman in Druther�s Restaurant on Main Street in Hillsville. Motioning with a French fry in the direction of the Carroll County Courthouse, he continues, �When I was a little boy there used to be groups to tour that old barn every week. But nowadays the whole thing is pretty much forgotten, I�d say.�

That was disappointing news. The Allen Clan�s blazing courtroom shootout that left five dead earned international headlines in 1912 and becam...

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