FOUR CORNERS=GLO STA 1 RM 2 (GO0497 RM 2)
State: AZ
County: Apache
Quad: Teec Nos Pos
Location: N 36° 59.939' W109° 02.725'
Elevation: Unknown
Designation: FOUR CORNERS=GLO STA 1 RM 2 1934
Setting: Concrete post
Type: Reference Mark Disk
Year: 1934
Established By: U.S. General Land Office
Recovered: 14 September 2008
Status: Station mark destroyed; RM 2 found
U.S. General Land Office Official Description, 1934 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY US GOVERNMENT LAND OFFICE 1934 (EBL) ABOUT 36.6 MILES (ROAD DISTANCE) WEST OF SHIPROCK, N. MEX., AND ABOUT 75 YARDS WEST OF AN OLD ABANDONED STONE BUILDING. TO REACH FROM JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 666 AND 550 IN SHIPROCK, GO SOUTH 0.6 MILE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 666 TURN RIGHT (WEST) AND GO 6.0 MILES, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 15.3 MILES TO TRADING POST, CONTINUE WEST 7.4 MILES ON MAIN ROAD TO A WELL TRAVELED INDIAN ROAD, TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.45 MILE, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 6.85 MILES ON MAIN ROAD TO STATION SITE. ORIGINALLY MARKED BY STONE POST 7 FEET BY 12 INCHES BY 6 INCHES SET 3 FEET IN GROUND, AND MARKED ON NORTHEAST FACE COLO. 37 DEG N.L. ON SOUTHEAST FACE N. MEX. 32 DEG W.L. ON THE SOUTHWEST FACE ARIZONA. AND ON NORTHWEST FACE UTAH 1875. IN 1931, STATION WAS REMARKED BY STANDARD GENERAL LAND OFFICE TABLET IN CONCRETE MONUMENT, PROJECTING 2 FEET ABOVE GROUND. ORIGINALLY STAMPED G.L.O. 1, AND FOUR CORNERS ADDED IN 1934. REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD GENERAL LAND OFFICE TABLETS IN CONCRETE POSTS, NO. 1 IS 22.870 METERS (75.03 FEET) FROM STATION IN EASTERLY DIRECTION, NO. 2 IS 22.860 METERS (75.00 FEET) FROM STATION IN WESTERLY DIRECTION, AND NO. 3, IDENTICAL WITH STANDARD FOUR CORNERS (G.L.O. STATION 1) ECCENTRIC, IS 279,798 METERS (917.97 FEET) FROM STATION N 09 DEG 44 MIN W.
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...U.S. General Land Office Reference Mark Disk FOUR CORNERS=GLO STA 1 RM 2N 36° 59.939' W109° 02.725' |
...Eyelevel view of the reference mark, surrounded by rough pavement but still exposed and in good condition. |
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...Looking E toward the Four Corners monument (AD9256). |