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Ghost Base Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GeoCrater: Greeting NDRuby,

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 4/18/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Thought this would make for an interesting place for a cache. The buildings are stiil there but, an excavator sits at the one of the gates.

As usual the FTF gets first pick and there is an unactivated coin and small tradeables.

Below is some basic info from Wiki and here is a link for more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna_Air_Force_Station

There is a small pullout for parking to get you off of the road.

Enjoy!

Fortuna Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of Fortuna, North Dakota. It was closed in 1979 as a radar station, remaining as a Long-Range Radar (LRR) facility until 1984.

Fortuna Air Force Station was part of the last batch of twenty-three radar stations constructed as part of the Air Defense Command permanent network. It was activated in April, and declared completely operational in late 1952........

Current use

The station was bought by private investors that pillaged the site and stripped the site of anything of value and sold it off. After this "salvage", the site was forfeited to Divide County over a valuation dispute, and now sits half-demolished, useless as a facility, and abandoned. An environmental impact study is currently planned as a precursor to a possible land reclamation effort.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

JNEAVAT

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)