Colonel Jacob Ford Jr. House, 230 Morris Street, Morristown, Washington's Headquarters in the Winter of 1779-1780, public domain HABS photo 1936
Locally known as Fort Nonsense, this Patriot Revolutionary War fortification was established in 1777 in Morristown, New Jersey. It was used only a few years until George Washington moved his headquarters south to Virginia.
Washington’s headquarters were in the Fort mansion, pictured above. The fort itself was built atop Kinney’s Hill overlooking the town. It was a small earthworks with a guardhouse for about 30 men. Camp Jockey Hollow served as quarters for up to 10,000 Continental troops.
The area is now part of Morristown National Historical Park, having been restored by the National Park Service in 1937.
Sources: FortWiki, National Park Service
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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.