By Mwanner - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6967864
Fort Ticonderoga is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French between October 1755 and 1757. Situated near the south end of Lake Champlain, it was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again during the American Revolution. May 10, 1775, it was attacked by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, commanding the Green Mountain Boys. Cannons were removed from there to Boston to lift its siege by the British. The Americans held the fort until June 1777, when British forces occupied high ground above it. The only direct attack came in September 1777, when John Brown led 500 Americans in an unsuccessful attempt to capture the fort from about 100 British defenders.
The British abandoned the fort after their failure at Saratoga. It fell into ruin until being purchased by a private family. It is now a privately owned tourist attraction.
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One of the oldest roads in the state, Fort Road was originally built by the federal government after Fort Ridgely was completed in 1853-54. Supplies were shipped from Fort Snelling to Traverse des Sioux, then transported by wagon to Fort Ridgely.
Nicollet County Road 5 runs more than 42 miles from its eastern terminus at its intersection with US Highway 169 in St Peter to the Renville County line. Old Fort Road presumably extended from Traverse des Sioux, although the portion running through the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College has been blocked off. Fort Road as an address runs from the western edge of St Peter to the end of CR-5.
In an ideal world, a paved trail would have been installed when the road was refurbished in the early 2010s. This planned geocache trail will have to suffice, but won’t alleviate my anxiety when biking here.