GCWFAN PSP Lightning Magnet (Traditional Cache) in North Carolina, United States created by foxult

This cache has been archived.

foxult: I'm moving out of town, so I'm archiving this one. Lots of construction going on here, too.

GCWFAN ▼

A cache by foxult Message this owner

Hidden : 6/6/2006

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Short, flat walk from the parking lot off K'worth.

The cache is in a park of historical significance to Mecklenburg County. From the Mecklenburg County Parks and Rec website:

"The City of Charlotte purchased the 6-acre site of Pearl Street Park for $2,500 in 1942 from the Thompson Orphanage, an Episcopal institution. Literature of the time described it 'as a park for Negro children.' Contemporary news reports say white landowners in the area objected, but the city opened the park in 1943.

"The Mecklenburg Park and Recreation Department and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Heritage Committee has dedicated a monument at Pearl Street Park.... The monument will mark this park as 'the first Negro playground and first African-American park in Mecklenburg County.' Several African-Americans who remember playing in the park and who experienced those days of segregation [were] present for the dedication and available for interviews." While you're in the park, stop by the stone monument that was dedicated in the Fall of 2005. If it's working, listen to the audio presentations next to the monument, too.

In the evenings, you'll find lots of folks playing pick up Ultimate, soccer, football, and basketball, so be stealthy.

The cache is a hide-a-key container with a log. BYOP.

Don't pursue this cache during a lightning storm.

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)