When you have your passport completed please contact Sally (Sewwatt) 276-365-2090, Rick (Biblemanrick) 276-365-2091 or Treavor (KickenChicken) 276-393-7278 to receive your coin. While supplies last. If you have any questions about a cache please feel free to contact us also.
The City of Norton has partnered with the Woodbooger Crew to place this GeoTour.
There are 25 caches in this new trail. When you complete ALL 25 caches in the GeoTour and log your caches you will receive a custom souvenir.
Most of the caches are "gadget" type caches, typically easy to find, but where the cacher will have to do "something" to access the log.
Each cache is different and may be more challenging than others.
The first 150 to Complete a passport with 25 points required you will receive a custom trackable geocoin!".
Each site will have a key word to collect.
Passports can be picked up at the kick-off event at 9 AM on September 8 .
Coins will not be mailed out.Please refer to the passport for complete validation instructions.
We hope to make your time here in our beautiful city one you won't soon forget.
Placed with permission of city manager Fred Ramey.
Created by Sewwatt
Youngens today have no idea what Grandma & Grandpa went thru just to take care of business. I hope you have as much fun finding the cache as I did creating it.
Why are there moons on Outhouse doors? There are several opinions.
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1. Lighting : The answer lies in the lighting inside because outhouses were around before electricity. The best way to let light in was to put in a window. For privacy reasons, most outhouses were designed with the window above the line of sight. The "moon cutout" allowed just enough light in to take care of business!
2. Ladies Room: The moon that is often found on the outhouse door stand for the ancient sign- luna- or womanhood. When the outhouse was first invented people needed these signs to discern which was the men's or women's bathroom-for most people couldn't read. Soon, however, the men's became rundown or was very unkempt and not maintained. So everybody just used the women's bathroom, and the mens sunburst or sol sign was forgotten. The moon sign was kept and is also used as a vent.
3. Door Handle: At a time when it was rather silly to waste good hardware on such a humble structure, old practical carpenters would just cut a crescent shaped groove into the door which fit the shape of a hand reaching into the door. Thus the door could be opened from the outside and if necessary the user could reach up from inside to secure the door if they heard someone coming. To insure privacy, you would find a scrap of cloth nailed on the inside so it would drape down and cover the opening without hindering the hand from reaching in.
What ever the reason, the crescent tradition has lived on and eventually has became the signature decoration for this piece of Americana.
It DOES NOT need to be taken apart, pried open or otherwise disassembled.No tools are required, you will need to find the log. The cache is easy to spot.
This cache is sure to put a BIG smile on your face. PLEASE leave NOTHING in the box.