S 497 - Three Forks, MT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 45° 53.576 W 111° 33.149
12T E 457137 N 5082299
S 497 is in a brick building squeezed between the Headwaters Heritage Museum and the Three Forks City Hall.
Waymark Code: WMWGRE
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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On the southwest corner of the intersection of Main Street and Cedar Street is the old stone faced "Three Valleys State Bank", now the Headwaters Heritage Museum. In the south half of that building is a little bar named "The Plaza". S497 is monumented in the brickwork of The Plaza about 4 feet south of the stone work of the old bank and about 2 feet above the sidewalk.

STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958

DESIGNATION -  S 497
PID         -  QX0414
STATE/COUNTY-  MT/GALLATIN
COUNTRY     -  US
QUAD        -  THREE FORKS (1987)
ABOUT 0.6 MILE NORTH ALONG A PAVED ROAD FROM THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY FREIGHT STATION AT THREE FORKS, THENCE 0.1 MILE NORTH ALONG U. S. HIGHWAY 10, AT THE PLAZA BAR AND LOUNGE, IN SECTION 36, T 2 N, R 1 E, SET VERTICALLY IN THE EAST FACE OF THE NORTH CORNER OF THE BRICK BUILDING, 54 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 10 FEET NORTH OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, AND ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK.
From the NGS Datasheet
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: S 497

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Gallatin

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Three Forks

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: QX0414

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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