Some caches are micros, a few can hold a trackable, some are easy finds, and others prove to be quite difficult. All we ask from the Leadership Wayne class is that you enjoy the finds and learn something new about our wonderful county. Upon completion of the entire trail you will be able to collect your GeoCoin at the Wayne County museum after you have recorded your code words on the passport from each of the 50 locations.
In 1877, the North Carolina General Assembly appointed a committee to recommend the selection of a site for a facility for the black mentally ill which would serve the entire state. On April 11, 1878, one hundred seventy-one acres of land two miles west of Goldsboro were purchased.
On August 1, 1880, the first patient was admitted to the then named "Asylum for Colored Insane". Since that time, there have been several name changes including: The Eastern North Carolina Insane Asylum, Eastern Hospital, and State Hospital at Goldsboro. The name was changed to Cherry Hospital in 1959 in honor of Governor Gregg Cherry. For the first eighty-five years of its history, Cherry Hospital served the entire black population for the State of North Carolina. In 1965, the hospital joined other state hospitals in implementing the Civil Rights Act. Cherry began serving patients from the thirty-three counties in the Eastern Region in 1965 by providing services for all races. Black patients at Cherry were transferred to hospitals in their appropriate region while Cherry received white patients from other hospitals in other regions.
Solve for final coordinates: N 35° 23.591 W 078° 01.A3B by using the year the facility opened. A = second digit in year and B = fourth digit of year.
Passports for code words can be picked up at the following locations:
Wayne County Museum
116 N William St. Goldsboro, NC 27530
Sunday: CLOSED
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Wayne County Chamber of Commerce
308 N. William Street
Goldsboro, NC 27530
M-Th - 8AM - 5PM
Fri - 8AM - 2PM