America's poorest 郡: Proud Appalachians who live without running water or 力／強力にする in 地域 where 40% 落ちる below poverty line
It was a 郡 formed 19 years before the Civil War.
But in the towns lying between 国境s in Owsley, in the coal fields of eastern Kentucky, a portrait of Americans shows a community that appears frozen in time, where many still live without water or electricity.
によれば the 2010 U.S. 国勢（人口）調査, the Appalachian 郡 has the lowest median 世帯 income in the 明言する／公表するs - a staggering 41.5 per cent of 居住（者）s 落ちるing below the poverty line.
Slovenly: Former chimney 掃海艇 Mose Noble keeps a kitchen littered with dirty マリファナs, pans and dishes that 流出／こぼす の上に the 床に打ち倒す
職業 不足s 攻撃する，衝突する the 地域 hard 予定 to 拒絶する／低下するs in 需要・要求する for coal, 板材 and タバコ; and the community of 4,700 is struggling for work.
The U.S. 国勢（人口）調査 Bureau considers low income 概略で $45,000 a year for a family of four. In Owsley, the median 世帯 income is $19,351 - the lowest in the country outside of Puerto Rico.
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Some get around on horseback, pictured passing cars on 追跡するs that attract riders from outside the 地域 who 与える／捧げる to 歳入.
In Boonesville, a town was 指名するd for frontiersman, Daniel Boone, abandoned buildings line 覆うd roads.
田舎の: Nine-year-old Johnny Noble runs barefoot toward his uncle Mose outside the former chimney sweep's trailer in Appalachia
Filth: Johnny Noble sits inside his uncle's trailer, 挟むd between a stack of スピードを出す／記録につけるs and clutter from all 味方するs
Childhood: The trailer where Johnny is playing has no electricity or running water, but Mose Noble receives 政治の 補佐官 and nieighbours have 申し込む／申し出d to help when they can
Family: Mose Noble, 権利, rolls up his sleeves during a visit with his 甥
At work: Mose Noble, left, and Lowell Morris, 権利, sit while taking a break from きれいにする a 共同墓地 in Booneville, Owsley 郡 on April 16
明らかにする bones: Paul Neace, 72, sits in his Booneville home on April 20, his dog eating out of a milk jug
Community: 権利 to left, family members Ronnie Duff, Love 約束 Duff, Jacob Lucas and Hope Lucas gather on their porch in Booneville on April 20
On horseback: Riders pass an abandoned car during the Owsley 郡 Saddle Club 追跡する ride on April 20 in Booneville
Entertainment: James Moore, centre, plays the guitar as Robert Go, left, sings while revelers 抱擁する at Joe's Meat Market #2
Spirits high: Owsley 郡 Outreach 中心 director Cleda Turner 雑談（する）s with a 居住（者） in 前線 of a school bus used for 寄付するd 供給（する）s on April 16
地元のs stops: Barber Gary Mays, centre, 雑談（する）s with retired butcher 足緒 Johnson, 権利, in Mays' barber shop on April 20
Kidding around: Mechanic Chucky Oliver, left, jokes with a （弁護士の）依頼人 at his shop
収入 a living: Mr Oliver welds a 麻薬を吸う at his 自動車 修理 shop in Booneville on April 19
But 居住（者）s take pride in their community's history; and 地元のs are driven to help one another through hard times.
Lowell Morris is paid $8 per hour to do the work while his friend, Mose Noble, volunteers to help, even though he relies on 政治の 補佐官 and the kindess of 隣人s to help when they can.
His modest trailer in Booneville has no electricity, and no running water. マリファナs and pans 流出／こぼす from the kitchen 沈む and litter the 床に打ち倒す, sodden with dirt and worn through the years.
The 条件 of his home doesn't appear to bother his nine-year-old 甥, Johnny Noble, who runs barefoot outside, and plays with matchbox cars on a （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する 挟むd in between the clutter.
Mr Noble's 状況／情勢 is not unfamiliar to those in the 地域.
Getting ready: Drucilla Smith, centre, 準備するs for the Owsley 郡 High School prom in her home with sister Linda Hall
Primping: Drucilla Smith, lower left, has her hair done as she 準備するs for the Owsley 郡 High School prom in her home with sister Linda Hall, 最高の，を越す left, Layla Johnson, 底（に届く） centre, and mother Bonnie Smith, 権利
Finishing touches: Drucilla, left, with her sister Jennifer Johnson, centre is nearly ready for the high school dance
A grand 事件／事情／状勢: Brittany Brewer, centre, 直す／買収する，八百長をするs her gown as she 準備するs for the Owsley 郡 High School prom next to a 支持を得ようと努めるd stove in the home where she lives with her grandmother
Growing up 急速な／放蕩な: Married students Starr 吊りくさび, second 権利, Travis 吊りくさび and daughter Ariel 吊りくさび, three weeks, …に出席する the Owsley 郡 High School prom on April 21
Picture time: Dates Coty Shouse, centre, and 運命 Duff, 権利, gather as 運命's father Ronnie Duff, left, passes a baby to be photographed while 準備するing for the prom
A day to remember: Students enter the Owsley 郡 High School Prom as family and community members watch from the bleachers
Making ends 会合，会う: Willis Little 提起する／ポーズをとるs next to items he has 利用できる for sale on his 前線 porch in Booneville on April 20
Lots of love: Left to 権利, family members Hope Lucas, 足緒 Lucas, Jacob Lucas and Love 約束 Duff gather 近づく home in Booneville on April 20
On the town: Owsley 郡 Outreach 中心 director Cleda Turner, centre, carries food to be 配達するd from her thrift 蓄える／店 to children as part of the 中心's Food Backpack Program on April 19
約束: Parishioners gather as Sugar （軍の）野営地，陣営 Baptist Church 牧師 Tim Charlton preaches on April 22
Kentucky pride: A man walks beneath an American 旗 at the Owsley 郡 Saddle Club 追跡する ride on April 20
Saddle up: Horse riders 準備する to 出発／死 after a break at a gas 駅／配置する during the Owsley 郡 Saddle Club 追跡する ride on April 21
Giving 支援する: A man 負担s 捨てる 支持を得ようと努めるd 利用できる for 解放する／自由な to 居住（者）s in Owsley 郡 in Lerose on April 17
Playful: Baby Jacob Lucas 残り／休憩（する）s inside a thrift 蓄える／店 in Owsley 郡 on April 19
Catching up on events: A man reads a newspaper after 会合 a friend at a 地元の diner on April 22
Abandoned: An old 調印する is overgrown with dead 少しのd downtown on April 22
Empty: An abandoned building is a haunting 思い出の品 of the 郡's 悲惨な 明言する／公表する
Helping 手渡すs: Volunteers 回復する the Noble 開拓する Museum, which 含む／封じ込めるs artifacts of 地元の Appalachian 開拓する life
Keeping 注目する，もくろむ: Owsley 郡 Saddle Club board members Larry Campbell, 権利, and Ricky Marshall man the 入り口 gate at the Owsley 郡 Saddle Club 追跡する ride on April 19
Sti ll 燃やすing: People gather around a 解雇する／砲火／射撃 at the Owsley 郡 Saddle Club 追跡する ride
Paul Neace, 72, 料金d his dog from a milk jug; a calender nailed on the 塀で囲む next to yellowed photos and torn mail wedged behind the doorframe decorate the worn blue 塀で囲むs of his home.
Nearby, Willis Little stands on his 前線 porch, selling his 着せる／賦与するs for extra cash.
There are still 推論する／理由s to celebrate in the towns of Owsley.
Volunteers are 回復するing the Noble 開拓する Museum, which 含む／封じ込めるs artifacts of 地元の Appalachian 開拓する life; and the Owsley 郡 Saddle Club 追跡する ride （犯罪の）一味s late into the night each spring.
The Owsley 郡 High School prom is a grand 事件／事情／状勢 for 十代の少年少女s. Married students Starr and Travis 吊りくさび celebrated before the dance with their three-week-old daughter, Ariel. Their classmates, Drucilla Smith and Brittany Brewer, are pictured with their families putting the finishing touches on their tulle dresses dyed pink and baby blue.
Family and community members are 招待するd to see the students 提起する／ポーズをとる for photos at the gym, celebrating with them the teenage 儀式 of passage - one of the last before a life built on hard work and 責任／義務 as a means of 生き残り.
Last year, 48.6 per cent of the 全住民 in Owsley below 18-years-old fell below the poverty line - a seven per cent 増加する from their parents' 世代.
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