Originally Posted by cmac2012

I haven't got into the link yet, the one just above, but the history thumbnails I've seen so far have indicated that Randall McCoy was a sort of "morbid" man (their word), that he rarely laughed. Devil Anse was reportedly more likable. It might have been in the credits too, I forget, but one online piece said 5000 people attended his funeral, the most that anyone could remember. They said that McCoy died of burns but didn't give specifics.

I was rooting for Devil Anse also, Costner and crew did put him in a good light, apparently there's some truth to it.

**EDIT**

Just read some of the links and I was glad to see that the saloon/brothel was a fabrication. That just didn't seem right somehow. Also, these and other accounts indicate that the business of Devil Anse getting aholdt of Perry Cline's timber happened a bit differently that the movie has it. Haven't seen an account of that in any detail yet.