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About this cache:This cache is located just
outside of Abingdon, VA. I felt that Abingdon was a great location
to place the cache. It is not far from Interstate-81, only about
8-10 min away. The cache is located at an opening to the Creeper
Trail.
After exiting from I-81 continue on US 58 Lee Hwy. For approx.
1.3 mi then make a right on Watauga Rd. for approx. 2.2 mi.
Abingdon is a town in Washington County, Virginia, 189 miles
(304 km) west by south of Lynchburg. In 1910, 1,757 people lived
here. The population was 7,780 at the 2000 census. It is the county
seat of Washington County. The town is included in the Tri-Cities
Metro area of Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
The land that the city of Abingdon is situated on was originally
surveyed between the years 1748 and 1750 by Dr. Thomas Walker and
was part of the Great Road that Colonel William Byrd III ordered
cut through the wilderness on to Kingsport, Tennessee. In 1760,
famed frontiersman, Daniel Boone, named the area Wolf Hills, after
his dogs were attacked by a pack of wolves during a hunting
expedition. The original location of the attack is located on
'Courthouse Hill' and is also the location of The Cavehouse Craft
Shop. During Lord Dunmore's War, Black's Fort was established in
1774 by Joseph Black to protect local settlers in the region from
Indian attacks. In 1776 the community of Black's Fort was made the
county seat of the newly formed Washington county. In 1778, Black's
Fort was incorporated as the town of Abingdon, said to be named for
the ancestral home of Martha Washington. Martha Washington College,
a school for women, operated in Abingdon from 1860 to 1932 in a
former private residence; since 1935 the building has been occupied
by a hotel, the Martha Washington Inn. The Barter Theatre, the
state theatre of Virginia, was opened in Abingdon in 1933. Virginia
Governors Wyndham Robertson, David Campbell, and John B. Floyd
lived here. Abingdon is also the final stop along the Virginia
Creeper Trail, which allows pedestrian, cyclist and equestrian
traffic. The Washington County Historical Society is located in
Abingdon and serves as a regional genealogy center, in addition as
a repository for Washington County history. . |
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Logging Requirements: Enjoy this cache as you
would any other. If you are searching this cache as a participant
in the Cache Across America series, please post a photo of yourself
or a member of you group with the cache in your online log. If you
for some reason are unable to meet the photo requirement, please
make alternate arrangements to verify your find with the individual
cache owner. There is no photo requirement for non-challenge
participants.
Individual verification of all 50 state finds will be required
before logging the series final.
If participating in the series, please take note of the three
digit code located inside this cache. Save this code in a secure
place. When you have visited all 50 caches, and have collected all
50 codes, you are welcome to seek and find the final cache! Good
luck! |