The story of Loving and Goodnight influenced Texas Western writer Larry McMurtry to write one of the most authentic and influential western saga’s of our time, Lonesome Dove.
According to formulations of Cherokee legend as told by historians, the Cherokee in Appalachia–before the arrival of colonists–expelled a race of small, bearded people who could only see by night.
Some historians claim that the legend states that the Moon Eyed people were white. This is likely an embellishment. But it’s used to explain the existence of a few anomalous sites. Such as the vaguely European-style Fort Mountain Stone Wall.
There are also claims (including on a Fort Mountain State Park Plaque and, supposedly, by the 18th C. Cherokee chief Oconostota) that the Moon Eyed people are descendants of the Welsh prince Madoc–who, according to Welsh legend, sailed to America in 1170.
The Tactical Hermit 
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