John M Phippin Memorial - Cheyenne WY
Posted by: PeterNoG
N 41° 06.135 W 104° 51.103
13T E 512451 N 4550118
This memorial is on a small hill overlooking the Wyoming Information Center on I-25 Exit 7, one mile south of I-80.
Waymark Code: WM7VPN
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2009
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It's dedicated to John M Phippin, a Cheyenne, Wyoming surveyor, who died while working working in California. Nearby MO1348 (
visit link) was placed in 1993 with the Designation: PHIPPIN as another tribute.
~ Text on the marker ~John M. Phippin
Memorial
A Dedicated Employee of the National Geodetic Survey
Coast and Geodetic SurveyThe nearby Wyoming High Accuracy Reference Station is in memory of John M. Phippin who gave his life on April 11, 1992, while while performing his duties on a mobile geodetic control field party at Blyth, California. John was a resident of Cheyenne Wyoming and it is fitting and proper that this site is selected as a tribute to his years of federal service. The memorial station near here has been position with extreme accuracy.
Latitude 41° 06' 08" North . . Longitude 104° 51' 06" West