Cactus, San Clemente Island

Cactus, San Clemente Island , California, William E. Greenwell, 1860-1862; Stehman Forney, 1878.—On the western side, near the top, of a flat hill, northwest of San Clemente North Base and three-fourths of a mile of Wilsons Cove. The center of the station was marked by a stone, 0.6 foot long and 0.4 by 0.3 of a foot on the top, buried even with the surface of the ground, with a copper nail and a leaden bolt in the top to mark the center. Four redwood stubs, each with copper nail in top, were places 2 feet from the center, to the north, south, east and west. The old reference stubs to the north and west were left undisturbed. The theodolite stubs of pine were also left. They have no reference to the center of the station. [[Annual Report of the Director, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, 1904]