Benchmark Geocache

 Leah and Summer had a fun extra

credit report for Earth Science.  They

were asked to locate a local 'benchmark'

& photograph it (with proof they went).

 The definition of a benchmark is:

'a permanently affixed mark that 

establishes the exact elevation of

a place; used by surveyors in 

measuring site elevations, or 

as a starting point.'

This benchmark was put there in

1933, 13 years after this school was

built.  It is the Clarkdale High School,

which was shut down in 1958 when 

it consolidated with Mingus Union 

High School  (where Summer & Leah go).

With our geocaching skills, it took 

us 2 minutes to find this benchmark.

That is one easy extra credit project!