The McCoy Sisters Traditional Cache
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You seek a camo'd container at the grave of a most interesting pair of sisters. Enter at the sign that says 'Welches Creek Cemetery', and - As with all cemetery caches, remember to use stealth and to treat these sacred spaces with the respect they deserve!!
"The Bunker Brothers" Cache (GCF338) is a virtual cache at the grave of the original "Siamese Twins", Cheng and Eng Bunker, who are buried just outside of Mount Airy, NC. But strangely, North Carolina is seemingly a magnet for conjoined -or siamese- twins, as at least two other famous siamese twins are buried in the state. This cache is at the grave of an earlier, but also famous, pair of individuals with this rare condition:
Millie and Christine McCoy (or McKoy), also known simply as Millie Christine, were joined from the waist down. Born into slvery on July 11, 1851, to parents who were slaves on the plantation of Mr. Alexander McCoy. The plantation was near the town of Whiteville, North Carolina, which resulted in the girls also being referred to as The Carolina Twins. Prior to the sisters' birth, their mother had borne seven other children, five boys and two girls, all of ordinary size and form.
in 1853, they started being groomed as entertainers after being sold for $1,000. This freed them from ever having to pick cotton or tobacco again, but subjected them to a childhood of relentless public humiliation for their rare birth defect that made the two girls one. They were taught how to read, write, sing and dance, and became fluent in five languages.
They traveled throughout the East Coast until they were kidnapped and sold to be freak attractions in a circus sideshow and county fairs. The spelling of their last name was changed from McCoy to McKoy during that period. Their mother searched for them for four years and eventually found them in Birmingham, England, where they were exhibits of showmen Miller & Thompson. Millie and Christine were frequently billed as "The Two-Headed Nightingale" because of their beautiful singing voices. In 1888, they made an estimated $750 a week. After a successful 30-plus-year career with the Barnum Circus, the sisters retired to their 10-room Victorian house near Whiteville. The home was destroyed in a fire in 1909. After moving into a smaller home, Millie contracted tuberculosis and died Oct. 8, 1912. Seventeen hours after Millie's death, Christine also died.
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