Sign of Lafayette Traditional Cache
D Force: This one is not maintainable. It had a good run. Thanks to all who hunted it and wrote good logs.
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During the second decade of the eighteenth century, the administration of North Carolina colony encouraged colonial settlement along the upper Cape Fear River, the only navigable waterway entirely within North Carolina. Two inland settlements, Cross Creek, and the riverfront settlement of Campbellton were established by Scots from Campbellton, Argyll, and Bute, Scotland.
Merchants in Wilmington wanted a town on the Cape Fear River to secure trade with the frontier country. They were afraid people would use the Pee Dee River, taking their goods to Charleston, SC. Merchants, though, bought land from Newberry in Cross Creek.
After the American Revolutionary War, the two towns were united and renamed to honor General Lafayette, a French military hero who fought with and significantly aided the American Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Many cities are named after Lafayette but, Fayetteville, N.C. was the first and, it is told, the only one he actually visited. The Marquis de Lafayette arrived in Fayetteville by horse-drawn carriage in 1825.
Fayetteville was state capital from 1789—93; a state convention (1789) here ratified the U.S. Constitution. During the Civil War, Sherman occupied the city and razed its arsenal (1865).
Be sure to visit the statue in his honor.
1st Finder: 1avsfan
100th Finder: jbirdcaicedo
200th Finder: DerVagabund
ABNDaddy made his 500th find at this cache on 1 Jan 09, WTG!
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