If you can find it, the movie Matewan is a decent bit of the history of the area (WV--Kentucky border) that includes Sid Hatfield of the feuding family and the terrible conditions coal miners and their families endured and ultimately fought against.
Another movie is Roseanna McCoy that came out in 1949 and is set in the nineteenth century.
Last edited by Greenheron; 05-28-2012 at 02:43 PM.