This is the last of 3 caches hidden for Pack 1382 Alvey Elementary Cub Scouts. Hidden with permission from Senior Ranger Wysocki of the Prince William County Parks and Rec team.
This was placed in honor of current AOL and graduating Cub Scout, Maximus. This is a small sized cache 4x4", with a few toys, a pencil, and a log.
congrats to CherokeeThree for FTF!
You guys have probably been here 50 times and never even thought to ask yourselves, "Who WAS James Long?"
Jimmy Long March 16, 1921 – April 13, 1977
James S. Long Park
Acquired: July 1,1980
James S. Long was born in North Carolina, but moved to this area with his family in 1934. As a boy he worked for his step-father Luther High, founder of High's Dairy Stores, as well as various construction companies.
After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School Mr. Long served as a navigator with the Army Air Forces in the South Pacific during WWII. When he returned home, 'Jimmy" as he was known to friends, learned his trade working for S. D. Moses building the Pentagon. Not long after his boyhood friend, John "Jack" Miller returned home, they founded the Miller & Long Concrete Construction Company. The company pioneered the use of electric climbing and track-mounted tower cranes, high speed conveyors to place concrete in high-rise buildings, along with training contractors and advising on many projects that are now the skyline of Washington, D.C. Mr. Long served at the national level on a number of industry associations, as well as at the community level for various charitable organizations for which he received numerous accolades for his leadership abilities. James Long passed away in April of 1977.
In a resolution dated July 1, 1980, the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors approved the appropriation of fund for the Park Authority {now Department of Parks & Recreation} to purchase the 167.5 acres of parkland from the James S. Long Trust. The deed specifies "for the purpose of developing and maintaining in perpetuity a public outdoor recreation park in consonant with provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965" and "when developed as a park, will be named: James S. Long Park." This park is a fine example of public/private partnerships for the enrichment of the lives and well-being of the citizens of Prince William County.
James S. Long Park is 167-acres with seven soccer fields, one baseball field, two Little League fields, one T-Ball field. There are three pavilions an open play area, a comfort station and a very active Equestrian Ring.
Pack 1382**** If YOU ARE THE first cub scout to find this Geo, YOU get to name the next cache in this series! GOOD LUCK! HAPPY HUNTING AND BEWARE OF THE MUGGLES!
This cache has a trackable inside of it for the FTF!
***Check out the waypoint!***