Blasterz are always game to look for the old BMs - especially when we can be FTF! :) Some of our most memorable finding adventures (good and almost very VERY bad) have happened looking for these chiseled beauties.
We had to dig into the school archives to determine where the old Infirmary was, but once we found that one fragment of elusive info, we were able to head straight to the benchmark and make the find!
This beautiful chiseled cross is on the side of the former Infirmary for St. Mary's (Jesuit) College. It is now the St. Mary's Academy (Society of St Pius X) convent.
From the NGS website: (
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KF0070 DESIGNATION - R
KF0070 PID - KF0070
KF0070 STATE/COUNTY- KS/POTTAWATOMIE
KF0070 COUNTRY - US
KF0070 USGS QUAD - ST MARYS (1978)
KF0070
KF0070 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
KF0070
KF0070 NAD 83(1986) POSITION- 39 11 32 (N) 096 03 33 (W) SCALED
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KF0070
KF0070_MARKER: X = CHISELED CROSS
KF0070_SETTING: 34 = SET IN THE FOOTINGS OF SMALL/MEDIUM STRUCTURES
KF0070_SP_SET: FOUNDATION WALL
KF0070_MARK LOGO: NONE
KF0070_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
KF0070+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
KF0070
KF0070 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
KF0070 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED CGS
KF0070 HISTORY - 1965 GOOD CGS
KF0070 HISTORY - 1986 GOOD NGS
KF0070
KF0070 STATION DESCRIPTION
KF0070
KF0070'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1965
KF0070'AT ST MARYS.
KF0070'AT ST. MARYS, AT THE ST. MARYS COLLEGE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF
KF0070'THE BRICK INFIRMARY, BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD WINDOWS
KF0070'NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, AND 3 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, ON
KF0070'THE FACE OF THE THIRD COPING STONE. A CHISELED CROSS
KF0070'SURROUNDED BY LETTERS USBM.
KF0070
KF0070 STATION RECOVERY (1986)
KF0070
KF0070'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1986
KF0070'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.