In 1974, Walthourville was charted as a city, with its first mayor being (Mayor) Mrs. Lyndol Anderson. Mrs. Anderson along with five other women, Mrs. Faye Booth, Mrs. Maxine Gaskin, Mrs. Carrie Kent, Mrs. Ardith Herbert, and Miss Celia Davis were appointed by President Jimmy Carter and were featured on the CBS Evening news with Walter Cronkite.
The slogan of the organized Walthourville was “Organized by Women and Supported by Men." After the first election, Mrs. Anderson was re-elected and went on to complete a total term of four years. In Walthourville history, the city has only had 4 mayors. The city celebrates 3 firsts, the first mayor being (Mayor) Mrs. Lyndol Anderson. The second mayor, (Mayor) Carrie Kent was the first African American female mayor in Georgia.
The first African American male elected in Walthourville, (Mayor) Rev. Henry Frasier, Sr. served 8 years. In March of 2009, Walthourville moved its city hall from the old depot to the building previously occupied by the Reynolds Construction Company. The unique building, which faced the railroad tracks, was a one-story building that was occupied by the Walthourville train master. After the train stop was eliminated, the building was purchased by the family of Nancy Deal. In later years, Claude Dryden purchased the house, turned it away from the railroad tracks and renovated it into a two-story building. In 2009, the building was again renovated and is now the home of the Walthourville city hall.
The Cache
This is a simple 2 stage Multi, posted coords lead you a monument. Use stealth as you find this container. Replace it as hidden, so others can have the same challenge finding it. After they learn some local history like you have done here.
North Coords
GO to the MEMORIAL MARKER at CITY HALL. READ all the history located here. You will find the information that you need to locate the FINAL cache container.
Use the marker with the picture of the train on it. Find the number of years CARRIE KENT-BROWN was mayor. This will =AA.
THEN COUNT THE LETTERS in the presidents name that made her a charter councilmember. This will =BB.
Count the number of trains on this monument. This will =C
AA+BB+C=DD
248+DD=EEE
West Coords
How many years did CARRIE KENT BROWN serve WALTHOURVILLE? This is RR.
RR + 1 = TT
Subtract TT from the Posted West Coordinates
998-TT=YYY
Cache is located at: N 31° 46.EEE W081 37.YYY
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* Please be respectful of this property. This cache is located outside of the establishment. Please pull off of the main road into the parking lot to retrieve this cache. Once you have located the cache, PLEASE return the stamp and ink pad back in the cache. As with any other cache please hide back as found. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE CACHE FROM LOCATION
Geocache placed with permission.