This cache IS located at the posted coordinates. However, in order to log this cache as a find, you or your registered team name must have found and signed the log, as well as have found at least 10 caches with the Abandoned Structures attribute. These can be done in any order. Any "Found" logs that DO NOT qualify will be deleted, so please show your qualification. The challenge checker is here:
Geocaching.com requires owners of challenge caches to prove they would qualify. Project-GC tells me I have 19 qualifying caches. My favorite was GC74T2T Point du Hoc - Heroes, which has since been archived. Feel free to list your favorite.
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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.