Daniel Boone once camped in the Appalachian mountain hamlet of Owsley County which remains mostly populated by descendants of settlers to this day. The 2010 U.S. Census listed Owsley County as having the lowest median household income in the country outside of Puerto Rico, with 41.5% of residents living below the poverty line. Familial and community bonds run deep, with a populace that shares a collective historical and cultural legacy uncommon in most parts of the country. However, the community of around 5,000 struggles with a lack of jobs due to the decline in coal, tobacco and lumber industries along with health issues including drug addiction without effective treatment.
Getty Photographer Mario Tama spent time in Owsley County documenting the community.
Mose Noble's nephew Johnny Noble, 9, sits in Mose's trailer during a visit on April 21, 2012 in Owsley County, Kentucky. Johnny visits his uncle from time to time. Mose Noble is a former chimney sweeper who no longer works but volunteers cleaning graveyards. His trailer has no electricity or running water but he receives governmental and neighborly assistance. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
(L to R) Family members Hope Lucas, Jesse Lucas, Jacob Lucas and Love Faith Duff gather near home in Owsley County on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Brittany Brewer (C) fixes her gown as she prepares for the Owsley County High School prom next to a wood stove in the home where she lives with her grandmother on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
James Moore (C) plays the guitar as Robert Go (L) sings while revelers hug at Joe's Meat Market #2 in Owsley County on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Owsley County Saddle Club board members Larry Campbell (R) and Ricky Marshall man the entrance gate at the Owsley County Saddle Club trail ride on April 19, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The trail ride attracts riders from outside the county who contribute much needed revenue. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Mechanic Chucky Oliver welds a pipe at his auto repair shop in Owsley County on April 19, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Owsley County Outreach Center workers carry food to be delivered to children as part of the center's Food Backpack Program in Owsley County on April 19, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The program delivers backpacks filled with easily prepared meals for underpriveleged school children who were found to go without meals over weekends in the county. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Married students Starr Lewis (2nd R), Travis Lewis and daughter Ariel Lewis, 3 weeks, attend the Owsley County High School prom on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
An old photograph is seen in a restaurant in Owsley County on April 22, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Former chimney sweeper Mose Noble (R) and his nephew Johnny Noble, 9, gather outside Noble's trailer during a visit on April 21, 2012 in Owsley County, Kentucky. Johnny visits his uncle from time to time. Noble no longer works but volunteers cleaning graveyards. His trailer has no electricity or running water but he receives governmental and neighborly assistance. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Parishioners gather as Sugar Camp Baptist Church pastor Tim Charlton preaches in Owsley County on April 22, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Drucilla Smith (C) prepares for the Owsley County High School prom in her home with sister Linda Hall on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A mural is seen downtown in Owsley County on April 19, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Drucilla Smith (LOWER L) has her hair done as she prepares for the Owsley County High School prom in her home with sister Linda Hall (TOP L), Layla Johnson (BOTTOM C) and mother Bonnie Smith (R) in Owsley County on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Dates Coty Shouse (C) and Destiny Duff (R) gather as Destiny's father Ronnie Duff (L) passes a baby to be photographed while preparing for the Owsley County High School prom on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
(R to L) Family members Ronnie Duff, Love Faith Duff, Jacob Lucas and Hope Lucas gather on the porch in Owsley County on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Owsley County Outreach Center director Cleda Turner (C) carries food to be delivered from her thrift store to children as part of the center's Food Backpack Program on April 19, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The program delivers backpacks filled with easily prepared meals for underprivileged school children who were found to go without meals over weekends in the county. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Riders pass an abandoned car during the Owsley County Saddle Club trail ride on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The trail ride attracts riders from outside the county who contribute much needed revenue. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People gather around a fire at the Owsley County Saddle Club trail ride on April 19, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The trail ride attracts riders from outside the county who contribute much needed revenue. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Barber Gary Mays (C) chats with retired butcher Jesse Johnson (R) in Mays' barber shop in Owsley County on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A man reads a newspaper in a restaurant on April 22, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Volunteers help restore the Noble Pioneer Museum which contains artifacts of local Appalachian pioneer life, on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The site contains original pioneer cabins and is currently closed but volunteers hope they will be able to re-open it soon. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A man loads scrap wood available for free to residents in Owsley County on April 17, 2012 in Lerose, Kentucky. The scrap wood is donated by a local log-yard. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Mose Noble looks on while taking a break from cleaning a graveyard in Owsley County on April 16, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. Noble is a former chimney sweeper who now cleans graveyards as a volunteer. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
An old grave is seen in historic Cortland Cemetery on April 17, 2012 in Owsley County, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Students enter the Owsley County High School prom as family and community members watch from the bleachers on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Cora McIntosh displays a cross she knitted on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
An old sign is seen downtown on April 22, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. Johnny visits his uncle from time to time. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The Taylor family waits to attend the start of the Owsley County High School prom on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Riders pass in a wagon with an American flag at the Owsley County Saddle Club trail ride on April 19, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The trail ride attracts riders from outside the county who contribute much needed revenue. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
An abandoned building is seen on April 19, 2012 in Owsley County, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Owsley County Outreach Center director Cleda Turner chats with a resident in front of a school bus used for donated supplies on April 16, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. Turner was born and raised in the county. The center provides services to the underprivileged in the county including backpacks filled with easily prepared meals for school children who were found to go without meals over weekends. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Paul Neace, 72, sits in his home in Owsley County on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Students wait to enter outside the Owsley County High School prom on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Drucilla Smith (L) prepares for the Owsley County High School prom in her home with her sister Jennifer Johnson (C) on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Horse riders gather at dusk at the Owsley County Saddle Club trail ride on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The trail ride attracts riders from outside the county who contribute much needed revenue. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) 
Former chimney sweeper Mose Noble's kitchen is seen in Owsley County on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. Noble is no longer employed but does volunteer cleaning graveyards from time to time. His trailer has no electricity or running water but he receives governmental and neighborly assistance. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Baby Jacob Lucas rests inside a thrift store in Owsley County on April 19, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Sugar Camp Baptist Church pastor Tim Charlton preaches in Owsley County on April 22, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Horse riders prepare to depart after a break at a gas station during the Owsley County Saddle Club trail ride on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The trail ride attracts riders from outside the county who contribute much needed revenue. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A man walks beneath an American flag at the Owsley County Saddle Club trail ride on April 20, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. The trail ride attracts riders from outside the county who contribute much needed revenue. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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