USGS
PRIMARY TRAVERSE STATION
NO. 16

1913

Jerry Penry
January 21, 2013

Primary Traverse Station No. 16(1913) in located in the northwest part of the town of Verdon, Nebraska along the west side of the Union Pacific Railroad and in a cattle feed lot. When the monument was placed in 1913, a road went north from this location and the farm buildings were probably not there. Someone made the effort to save the monument when a concrete pad was poured near a stock tank. Rubbing from cattle and possible damage from other sources has greatly damaged the cap. Recovered by Jerry & Jenny Penry and Gene Thomsen.

Looking northwest into the cattle lot.

Looking north in the direction where a road once existed that paralleled the railroad.

The side of the monument set in a large concrete pad.

Close-up of the damaged south side of the cap.

The top of the cap from 100 years of exposure to rough conditions.

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© Jerry Penry 2013