USGS 259 Old General Store Benchmark - Columbia, PA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Location of a benchmark that was once secured to the front step of the building. Actual benchmark is now inside the bookstore now occupied in the building. The owner is happy to show it to people who are interested. The spot on the step can still be located where the benchmark once was. Here is the full story behind the discovery of this marker.
Description of benchmark
"Columbia; 300ft E. Of station; in stone doorstep of Miller & Hartman's Columbia Grocery Company; standard tablet stamped "259". (Reported destroyed, 1956)"
“I took the psboundaries trackable to KW0802, Columbia E. Base located on the Wrightsville Bridge in Columbia, Pa. While photographing this benchmark, a man was walking across the bridge and asked what we were doing. I explained benchmarking and the contest to him. He then told me he had something I needed to see at his bookstore. The bookstore is located within walking distance just off the bridge on the Columbia side of the river. My mom and I followed him to his bookstore where he showed me a spot on the front step where a benchmark was located. He explained how he found the benchmark inside the store when he bought the old building. He called NGS and got information about the disk. It was reported missing in 1956. The bookstore was originally a general store.

Condition: Monumentation found, but no marker Designation: 259 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Columbia Pa USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Columbia West Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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