The Tatman Branch Trail follows a spur of the Great Northern Railroad, the construction of which lead to the 1886 founding of nearby Minot. The transcontinental railroad, now part of the BNSF Railway, ran from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington.
The trail begins on the outskirts of Minot and travels north for 10 miles along the former Tatman Branch Line right-of-way, named for the Tatman township and constructed in 1957 to serve the Minot Air Force Base. The line was abandoned by BNSF in 1997, when it was purchased by Ward County. It remains unimproved with a gravel surface, but is open to the public. The path parallels 27th Street NE for most of its length, offering a straight, flat route through the countryside that ends at Minot Gate, the main entrance to the military base.
The coords will get you super close, but then you'll just need to let your geosenses take over....it's easy. You are looking for a Rubbermaid Lock-n-Lock type container painted camo.
The FTF prize is an unactivated trackable Orca (Shamu) travel tag.
FYI -- I accessed this trail on my dirt bike, but a road runs parralel to the trail almost the entire way...."should" be able to park a car close to the cache.
CONGRATS TO DEFENDER15 ON THE FTF!