Welcome To Abingdon Traditional Cache
honeychile: As cache cannot be logged and has no container, and owner appear to be MIA for over a year, I am archiving this listing. It may be unarchived in the future, assuming it still meets the guidelines.
With regret,
honeychile (honeychile@gmail.com)
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Park, dash, cache, and go.
You will find this cache as you enter the town limits of Abingdon,
VA. I knew the town was rich with history but here's some
information I ran across on the town. Please note the parking
coordinates for this cache and you may need a tool to remove the
cache and log.
During the years 1748-1750, Doctor Thomas Walker surveyed for
himself 6870 acres of this prime land west of the Blue Ridge. In
1760 Colonel William Byrd and his regiment of men cut the Great
Road through what is now Abingdon and on to present-day Kingsport,
Tennessee. During that same year, Daniel Boone came and camped in
Abingdon. Along with his companion, Nathaniel Gist, he was on his
way through the area on a hunting trip. While they camped here,
wolves emerged from a cave before them and attacked their dogs.
Boone then gave Abingdon its first name, "Wolf Hills." Today, the
Cave House Craft Shop sits on the site of the wolves' den.
Abingdon carried the name of "Wolf Hills" until 1774 when Joseph
Black erected a fort in the area, and gave it the name "Black's
Fort." After fierce Indian invasions, the fort was enlarged to hold
up to 600 men, women, and children. Here, the townspeople remained
during the raiding season from early spring to late fall.
In December of 1776, the General Assembly of Virginia established
the present-day Washington County. It was the first region in the
world named after the great general and Father of our Country.
Black's Fort was designated the county seat of Washington County,
and remained so until the incorporation of the town of Abingdon in
1778. The town's name was derived from Martha Washington's English
home of Abingdon Parish. This loyalty to the Washington family,
especially Martha, was to continue throughout Abingdon's history.
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