Floyd County in eastern Kentucky, where "Country Boys" was
filmed, is located in the geographic center of America's
Appalachian region (see map). Eastern Kentucky's history
epitomizes the problems that have long plagued the larger
region: poverty, unemployment, poor education, and a troubled
relationship with the coal industry. While "Country Boys"
chronicles how Chris and Cody's lives defy many of the
stereotypes commonly associated with the region, it also shows
how their community still lives with the legacy of Appalachia's
past. Here's an overview of that past as it unfolded in
Kentucky. The New Frontier (1767-1775) - Follow Daniel Boone's
1775 journey through the Cumberland Gap and into central
Kentucky. In 1767, Boone first ventured into the Appalachian
Mountains of eastern Kentucky, to winter at Salt Spring,
present-day David, Ky. Early in eastern Kentucky's history, its
isolated wilderness attracted frontiersmen and other rugged
individualists who disliked the growth of towns and the
disappearance of