 Media Credit: Nathan Morgan Girls from Brownsville Missionary Baptist Church participate in an Easter egg hunt at their church following the service. Community events are a big part of the entertainment for Brownsville.
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 Media Credit: Nathan Morgan Dakota Roff, a student at Brownsville's 5/6 Center, participates in the school's second annual life-sized chess tournament. The event, which was started by Stephanie Raymer, a sixth grade math teacher at the school, was designed to get the kids more interested in chess.
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 Media Credit: Nathan Morgan Located on the west side of Mammoth Cave National Park, Brownsville offers many outdoor activities to residents and visitors. During the warmer months, Brownsville gets tourists from the park who visit their stores and restaurants, which is easily noticed in this rural town of only 1,200.
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 Media Credit: Nathan Morgan Charlie Caspar, 11, of Joppa, Ala., lays with his new helper dog, which he and his mother, Ginny Patterson, traveled to Brownsville to get from trainer Tammy Staten. Caspar, who has mild autism, will use the dog to help him stay on track and not wander away from his home.
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 Media Credit: Nathan Morgan Former Edmonson County attorney and self-proclaimed mountain man, "Natty Bumppo," moved to Brownsville more than 30 years ago from Chicago, seeking a simpler way of life. Bumppo built his own home and law office at the top of a hill outside of town. Although he no longer works for the county, he still practices law privately.
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 Media Credit: Nathan Morgan Retired janitor Dale Smith fishes for muskie on the Green River. Smith credits the fish's elusiveness to why he has not caught one in more than a year. However, this doesn't discourage him. Smith still comes out for a couple of hours every morning to try and catch a muskie.
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Brownsville, located in Edmonson County, is a 30-minute drive from Bowling Green. Our photographer documented small town life in this community of 1,200 people over a period of six weeks.
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William Skaggs
posted 12/07/08 @ 11:00 AM CST
Just wondering about the difference in language used in the captions of the last two (2) photographs. The Natty Bumppo Photograph states that he is a "self-proclaimed" mountain main but you do not caption the photo of Dale Smith as a "self-proclaimed" retired janitor. (Continued…)
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