Thirty caches are located in five different regions throughout NC. Instructions for sending the documentation are in the passport. Once all five regions are completed, you have earned a special NC Civil War trackable geocoin. Mail the passport to the address inside the passport – then your passport will be returned with your unique coin.
All of the containers are the same - camouflaged 6 inch PVC tubes - the code word you need for your passport is inside the container on a laminated card and also taped on the container that holds the log sheet. Date your logbook and add your code word in the numbered area for the cache. As the containers may become over tightened, carry a TOTT to ease the opening process.
Passports will be available at the event, some Civil War Museums in NC, and via mail if you send me you address or you can download your passport here.
Polk County Courthouse: Raiders in the County
A company of the 16th NC Infantry mustered here at the courthouse on April 20, 1861, but the county’s population was divided on the war with many draft evaders later fleeing to the mountains. Stoneman’s raiders came through on April 22 after the Confederates blocked progress at Swannanoa Gap.
The cache is not located at the posted coordinates.
The sign at the posted coordinates will supply you with the information needed to find the cache.
The cache is located at N35 15.ABC W082 12.DEF.
To get ABC, take the year that Dr. C. J. Mills was born and subtract 1282.
To get DEF, take the year that Dr. C. J. Mills was born and subtract 1146.