Thicketty Creek (Mountains)

Thicketty Creek is the Appalachian setting for Wilma Dykeman’s debut (and most celebrated) novel, The Tall Woman. Here, the novel’s protagonist, Lydia McQueen, tries to build a school for the region’s children during Reconstruction.

Read more about Wilma Dykeman: http://www.nclhof.org/inductees/1998-2/wilma-dykeman/