Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America (Mansfield, OH: Estill & Co., 1866), 270.
The cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates.
Fort Arbuckle was a short-lived fort built by the US Army in 1850 to protect immigrants traveling west and Choctaw and Chickasaw settlements from raids by other Plains tribes. Within 8 years, the facilities were considered inadequate by their new commander. Instead of remediation, another fort was built nearby. In 1861, this and two other forts were evacuated to Fort Leavenworth. It was used as a feeding area for horses in 1868, but it was completely obsolete by 1869, when Fort Sill was constructed nearby. Little remains.
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oshta oshta chaffa chakká'li talhlhá'pi ontoklo oshta
chakká'li oshta chaffa pokkó'li hanná'li chaffa
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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.