General rules: Anyone may log the caches in this series, but kids (12 years old and under) can earn special awards. Kids logging any 4 of the 6 caches in either the Long Ago But Not Far Away – Fairview series or the Long Ago But Not Far Away - Spring Mountain series and emailing the answers to the Kids' Answer Sheet will receive a certificate and a special prize for each series.
Kids earning both the Fairview and the Spring Mountain certificates will receive a special geocoin. Cachers over 12 years old will not receive a prize, certificate, or geocoin. Multiple children in a family may each receive their own awards, but each child requesting an award must have been present during all the cache hunts. Make sure you print out the Kids' Answer Sheet for Fairview before beginning this project!
To claim your award(s), click “Spring Mountain Community Club” just below the cache title and send an email including:
(1) the names of the caches you found along with the answers to their questions,
(2) your name and caching name, and
(3) your age.
(Information will be used to verify your qualification and print your certificate and will then be deleted. Parents, please contact us if you prefer not to share this information.)
Other caches in this series:
Adam Cooper
Cane Creek Church
Sherrill's Inn
Soapstone
The Lord's Acre
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Where Is Fairview?
The spot where you are standing has been a part of four NC counties over the past 250 years. This land was first a part of “Mecklenburg County " from 1762 until 1768. But not the Mecklenburg County we know now. Originally, Mecklenburg County looked like this:
As more and more settlers moved into North Carolina, the area around present-day Charlotte (Mecklenburg C. H. on the map) grew more rapidly than the more western area. Its city-dwelling population had different governmental needs than the frontiersmen in the western mountains. As a result, in 1768 the mountainous area was formed into a new county called Tryon, and the area around Charlotte remained as Mecklenburg County.
In 1779, Tryon County was split to form Rutherford County here in the west and Lincoln County closer to Charlotte.
Finally, present-day Buncombe County was formed from parts of Rutherford and Burke counties in 1791. Thus Fairview has been a part of four NC counties without moving!
If you are working toward the kids' Fairview prizes, be sure to write down what kind of community building the cache is located behind.