On a map, it is easy to see how the Pumpkinvine creek got its name. The creek reels and rollicks through the ravines around Paulding County just like the mad tendrils of a crazy summer vine. Why the pumpkin's vine was chosen over a cucumber, squash, bean, tomato, melon, or muscadine vine, I have not the answer—at least not now.
Here, a sharp bend in the creek bed moves the flow northward, upstream (toward you, the viewer) and curls the water around one of many twisting turns the creek travels. In this picture, the right bank rises over the creek bed about 100 feet before cresting at the top of the ravine. The section shown here is much narrower than many other segments of the creek.
Here, a sharp bend in the creek bed moves the flow northward, upstream (toward you, the viewer) and curls the water around one of many twisting turns the creek travels. In this picture, the right bank rises over the creek bed about 100 feet before cresting at the top of the ravine. The section shown here is much narrower than many other segments of the creek.
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| (c) Christi Williams 11 Apr. 2012 |
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