On Sunday, October 12, the National Park Service opened the road to Noland Creek for the only time in 2014.  Park rangers led a caravan of people deep into the woods on the little gravel road that parallels the creek.  The event was the annual Decoration Day at Wiggins Cemetery.  Leading this caravan was Lawrence Hyatt.  Mr. Hyatt's family lived in these woods before being forced out of their home by the government in 1944, due to the construction of Fontana Dam.  Mr. Hyatt knows this area intimately.  We filmed as he recollected memories of his childhood in these woods at various points along the road.  One of these stops was where his family home once stood.  The stone foundation still stands, as a testament to lives that were interrupted due to construction of the dam. Wiggins cemetery is the smallest of all the remaining cemeteries on the North Shore. There are just three graves, all infants.  Our crew stood in the rain and filmed this timeless spot in the remote woods of Great Smoky Mountains Park, where these poor souls had spent so little time on this earth.  The cold rain that fell upon us seemed to emphasize the poignancy of the moment.  We were all moved by the occasion.  In the summer of 2015 our crew will once again return to Bryson City, to film more interviews.