The reason for the varied names here we think is based on the first benchmark here, set in 1886 as Cheehahaw. I guess the 1886 surveyors spelled the name phonetically as they heard it.
The triangulation station disk is located in the sidewalk leading to the Bunker Tower.
From the NGS Datasheet: (
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"DG1675 DESIGNATION - CHEEHAHAW 2
DG1675 PID - DG1675
DG1675 STATE/COUNTY- AL/CLEBURNE
DG1675 USGS QUAD - CHEAHA MOUNTAIN (1976)
DG1675
DG1675 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
DG1675 ___________________________________________________________________
DG1675* NAD 83(1992)- 33 29 07.48213(N) 085 48 30.82064(W) ADJUSTED
DG1675* NAVD 88 - 733.204 (meters) 2405.52 (feet) ADJUSTED
DG1675 ___________________________________________________________________
DG1675
DG1675_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK
DG1675_SETTING: 30 = SIDEWALK
DG1675_STAMPING: CHEEHAHAW NO 2 1941
DG1675_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
DG1675
DG1675 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
DG1675 HISTORY - 1941 MONUMENTED CGS
DG1675 HISTORY - 1948 GOOD NGS
DG1675 HISTORY - 1971 GOOD USE
DG1675 HISTORY - 1972 GOOD ALHD
DG1675
DG1675 STATION DESCRIPTION
DG1675
DG1675''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (GWL)
DG1675''STATION IS 47.71 FEET SE OF THE CENTER OF THE CHEAHA STATE PARK
DG1675''LOOKOUT TOWER, 48 FEET W OF THE CENTER OF THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT
DG1675''OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. THIS POINT IS KNOWN AS THE HIGHEST IN THE
DG1675''STATE OF ALABAMA. THE MARK IS SET IN THE CENTER OF THE ROCK WALK
DG1675''AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CHEEHAHAW 2 1941.
DG1675''
DG1675''SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS SET
DG1675''IN CONCRETE.
DG1675''
DG1675''REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK SET IN A DRILL
DG1675''HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK, 18 FEET W OF THE CENTER OF THE
DG1675''DRIVEWAY. THE DISK IS STAMPED CHEEHAHAW 2, NO. 1, 1941.
DG1675''
DG1675''REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK SET IN A DRILL
DG1675''HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS FROM UNDER THE S END OF THE
DG1675''LOOKOUT TOWER. THE DISK IS STAMPED CHEEHAHAW 2, NO. 2, 1941.
DG1675''
DG1675''AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN
DG1675''A BOULDER, ABOUT 1 MILE AIRLINE FROM THE STATION. IT IS 52
DG1675''FEET S OF THE SKYLINE DRIVE ENROUTE TO THE STATION AND IT IS
DG1675''0.6 MILE E OF THE INFORMATION BOOTH. THE DISK IS STAMPED
DG1675''CHEEHAHAW 2, 1941.
DG1675''
DG1675''HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 23 METERS.
DG1675
DG1675 STATION RECOVERY (1948)
DG1675
DG1675''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1948
DG1675''7.7 MI NW FROM UNION.
DG1675''ABOUT 3.75 MILES NORTH ALONG A ROAD FROM THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND
DG1675''CEMETERY AT UNION, THENCE ABOUT 3.95 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG THE
DG1675''SKYLINE MOTORWAY AND A ROAD TO CHEAHA LOOKOUT TOWER, AT THE LOOKOUT
DG1675''TOWER, IN THE CENTER OF THE WALK TO THE SOUTHEAST ENTRANCE TO THE
DG1675''STONE BUILDING, 24 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF THE ENTRANCE
DG1675''DOORWAY, 53.7 FEET NORTH OF R.M. NO. 1, 56.2 FEET EAST OF R.M. 2,
DG1675''AND FLUSH WITH THE WALK.
DG1675
DG1675 STATION RECOVERY (1971)
DG1675
DG1675''RECOVERY NOTE BY US ENGINEERS 1971
DG1675''STATION, RM NO. 1, AND RM NO. 2 WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN GOOD
DG1675''CONDITION.
DG1675
DG1675 STATION RECOVERY (1972)
DG1675
DG1675''RECOVERY NOTE BY ALABAMA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1972 (JDS)
DG1675''CHEEHAHAW 2 1941 RECOVERED GOOD.
DG1675''
DG1675''CHEEHAHAW 2 NO. 1 1941 RECOVERED GOOD.
DG1675''
DG1675''CHEEHAHAW 2 NO. 2 1941 RECOVERED GOOD.
DG1675''
DG1675''CHEEHAHAW 2 AZIMUTH NOT FOUND.
DG1675''
DG1675''SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE AREA AND THE AZIMUTH MARK
DG1675''MAY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED."