The steeple at the elegant Gothic St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral is NGS benchmark MO1260.
The cathedral is located along Grand Avenue at S Third Street in downtown Laramie WY.
From the NGS Datasheet: (
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"MO1260 DESIGNATION - LARAMIE THIRD STREET CHURCH
MO1260 PID - MO1260
MO1260 STATE/COUNTY- WY/ALBANY
MO1260 USGS QUAD - LARAMIE (1978)
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MO1260 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
MO1260 __________________________________________________________________
MO1260* NAD 83(1993)- 41 18 43.70467(N) 105 35 35.32574(W) ADJUSTED
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MO1260 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
MO1260 HISTORY - 1933 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
MO1260 HISTORY - 1948 GOOD CGS
MO1260 HISTORY - 1958 GOOD CGS
MO1260 HISTORY - 19920830 GOOD USPSQD
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MO1260 STATION DESCRIPTION
MO1260
MO1260''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1948 (DHK)
MO1260''STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE CROSS ON TOP OF A
MO1260''STONE MASONERY STEEPLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON 3RD STREET
MO1260''IN LARAMIE. THE CHURCH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET
MO1260''ACROSS FROM THE POST OFFICE.
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MO1260 STATION RECOVERY (1958)
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MO1260''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (LFV)
MO1260''INTERSECTION STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY D.H.K. IN 1948
MO1260''RECOVERY NOTE.
MO1260
MO1260 STATION RECOVERY (1992)
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MO1260''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1992 (TLT)
MO1260''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."