Tyrone - Ky. River

Peggy Cummins, 23, gets her daughter, Jocelynn Rose,2, up for the day.

A building that use to serve as Tyrone's post office is now the home of Sabrina Clark,10, a newcomer to area.

Chris Rodden, 37, a local maintenance worker and resident of Tyrone, Ky.

Auston Satterley, 11, looks for a car part in the bed of his dads pickup. Although he's only eleven, Satterley helps his dad fix cars and change the transmission.

Larry Ray Pinwell (middle) ,24, chats with store owner Bill Walten, 65 at a local pool hall.

Tara Briscoe, 7, and Marcus Beasley, 8, play in the street in front of their homes one October afternoon.

Settled on the edge of the Kentucky River, the community of Tyrone is very tight-knit, surviiving floods season after season.

Erica Statton, 22, plays with her children Makayla, 2, and Dalton,4. "Tyrone is a friendly environment. The kids can just run around," Statton said. "It's all about family."

Bill Walten, 65, has lived his entire life in Tyrone. Despite hard times like the death of his wife and later his granddaughter Stephanie, Walten claims he wouldn't want to live anywhere else. "This is my home, I've seen it change," Walten said. "One thing that won't change (is) the idea of family."