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.
