People living near poverty in Appalachia, including this mother and child in Page County, Virginia, attracted attention because of awareness brought...
Views of the downtown Logan on March 26, 2019 in Logan, West Virginia. The town, like most in this area of Appalachia, was built from the coal...
The town of Whitesville was once a bustling center of commerce for coal miners who worked in the mines all around. But the loss of union jobs and the...
Views of the downtown Logan on March 26, 2019 in Logan, West Virginia. The town, like most in this area of Appalachia, was built from the coal...
Views of the downtown Logan on March 26, 2019 in Logan, West Virginia. The town, like most in this area of Appalachia, was built from the coal...
The town of Whitesville was once a bustling center of commerce for coal miners who worked in the mines all around. But the loss of union jobs and the...
The town of Whitesville was once a bustling center of commerce for coal miners who worked in the mines all around. But the loss of union jobs and the...
Mose Noble's nephew Johnny Noble sits in Mose's trailer during a visit on April 21, 2012 in Owsley County, Kentucky. Johnny visits his uncle from...
Historic marker stands in a park August 27, 2022 next to the Court House building in Welch, West Virginia. With the collapse of the West Virginia...
Main thoroughfare of mostly abandoned buildings is seen August 27, 2022 in Welch, West Virginia. Welch is the county seat of McDowell County, a once...
The town of Whitesville was once a bustling center of commerce for coal miners who worked in the mines all around. But the loss of union jobs and the...
Two young women sit in the 3 Little Cupcakes bakery and restaurant August 27, 2022 in Welch, West Virginia. Welch is the county seat of McDowell...
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The owner of Roberts Gift Store, left, sits with his younger brother in their gift store August 27, 2022 in Montcalm, West Virginia. The mens father...
Dilapidated or run-down homes dot the nearby hollows and wooded backroads outside the downtown area on May 7, 2018 near Asheville, North Carolina....
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...
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,...
An abandoned building is seen on April 19, 2012 in Owsley County, Kentucky. Daniel Boone once camped in the Appalachian mountain hamlet of Owsley...
Dilapidated or abandoned cars dot the nearby hollows and wooded areas outside the downtown area on May 7, 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina. Located...
Dilapidated or run-down homes dot the nearby hollows and wooded backroads outside the downtown area on May 7, 2018 near Asheville, North Carolina....
Powerful thunderstorm moves over the Harrah's Cherokee Casino & Resort on May 11, 2018 in Cherokee, North Carolina. Located near the entrance to...
Grafitti painted on the window of the abandoned Apollo shopping mall seems to express the sentiment of many citizens of the struggling town on March...
The Red Beard's Tavern, the only business in the small town, sits empty and abandoned on March 25, 2016 in Harris, New York. Rural Sullivan County in...
An abandoned coal miner's home in the almost-ghost town of Beauty, Kentucky, continues to fade into the overgrown weeds. Like many company town's in...
Butter-making, Appalachia, USA, c1917. Photograph taken during Cecil Sharp's folk music collecting expedition: British musician Sharp and his...
Students wait to enter outside the Owsley County High School prom on April 21, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. Daniel Boone once camped in the...
An old sign is seen downtown on April 22, 2012 in Booneville, Kentucky. Johnny visits his uncle from time to time. Daniel Boone once camped in the...
Dates Coty Shouse and Destiny Duff gather as Destiny's father Ronnie Duff passes a baby to be photographed while preparing for the Owsley County High...
Brittany Brewer 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...
Historic black and white photograph of coal miners hangs in an abandoned bank building August 27, 2022 in Welch, West Virginia. The abandoned bank...
Ed Bailey stands outside of his trailer on March 25, 2016 on the Sullivan and Ulster County border in the town of Denning, New York. The Bailey...
Ruby Partin and her adoptive son Timothy Huff visit a free helath clinic on July 22, 2017 in Wise, Virginia. Hundreds of Appalachia residents waited...
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Drucilla Smith has her hair done as she prepares for the Owsley County High School prom in her home with sister Linda Hall , Layla Johnson and mother...
Statue of a bear is decorated with the American flag as viewed on May 11, 2018 in Cherokee, North Carolina. Located near the entrance to Great Smoky...
Nurse takes the pulse of a patient at a free health clinic on July 22, 2017 in Wise, Virginia. Appalachia residents received free medical, dental and...
Ruby Partin and her adoptive son Timothy Huff wait for a free clinic to open in the early morning of July 22, 2017 in Wise, Virginia. Hundreds of...
Patients prepare to receive free medical services at the Remote Area Medical mobile clinic on July 21, 2017 in Wise, Virginia. RAM holds the...
People leave after receiving free healthcare services at the Remote Area Medical mobile clinic on July 21, 2017 in Wise, Virginia. RAM holds the...
Dates Coty Shouse and Destiny Duff pose in front of the vehicle they will take to prom while preparing for the Owsley County High School prom on...
Historic black and white photographs of coal miners hang in an abandoned bank building August 27, 2022 in Welch, West Virginia. The abandoned bank...
Dilapidated or run-down homes dot the nearby hollows and wooded backroads outside the downtown area on May 7, 2018 near Asheville, North Carolina....
View looking north from the downtown area taken on May 7, 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina. Located in the Blue Ridge mountains of Appalachia,...
The entrance to the Paula Deen retail store is viewed on May 11, 2018 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Situated near the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains...
This mountain resort town, located in Sevier County, is viewed from the "space needle" on May 11, 2018 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Situated near the...
This mountain resort town, located in Sevier County, is viewed from the "space needle" on May 11, 2018 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Situated near the...
This mountain resort town, located in Sevier County, is viewed from the "space needle" on May 11, 2018 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Situated near the...
Rainbow over the Harrah's Cherokee Casino & Resort is viewed on May 11, 2018 in Cherokee, North Carolina. Located near the entrance to Great Smoky...
