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 four cache types in Nicollet County. Archived finds count, of course. Any "Found" logs that DO NOT qualify will be deleted, so please post your qualifications. The challenge checker is here:
I made it with 7 different types and needed only 4:
GC938E 2011-06-04 Virtual Cache Designated Trout Stream
GC1G096 2010-04-09 Unknown Cache Fair Play
GC1N4Z9 2009-09-30 Traditional Cache Almost a View
GC8C2TY 2023-11-18 Multi-cache MnSQ-Salem Methodist Cemetery
GC1B2F7 2013-01-02 Earthcache BIG BEND
GC3YPPQ 2013-03-26 Letterbox Hybrid Coffee Cannon
GC5MXW6 2015-03-28 Event Cache OTAK Puzzled Looks
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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.