Feature Name ID Class County Latitude Longitude State Mapsort by this column Ele(ft) BGN Entry Date Contention 24378 Populated Place Cochise 314608N 1101207W AZ Land 3799 - 08-FEB-1980 Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report Feature ID: 24378 Name: Contention Class: Populated Place Citation: Collected during Phase I data compilation (1976-1981), primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K), various edition dates, and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. Entry Date: 08-Feb-1980 Elevation(ft/m): 3799/1158 Census Code: 15325 Class Code: U6 Counties Sequence County Code State Code Country 1 Cochise 003 Arizona 04 US Coordinates (One point per USGS topographic map containing the feature, NAD83) Sequence Latitude(DEC) Longitude(DEC) Latitude(DMS) Longitude(DMS) Map Name 1 31.7689775 -110.2020211 314608N 1101207W Land On 9/16/07, Jake Olson wrote: > > I just threw the name into google maps and got a similar location > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=contention,+az&ie=UTF8&ll=31.770281,-110.209436&spn=0.029334,0.056734&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1 > > I have this book... > > > http://www.amazon.com/GPS-Waypoints-Arizona-Michael-Ferguson/dp/1892182041/ref=sr_1_23/103-0849616-5649452?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189992341&sr=8-23 > > It lists Contention as N 31° 46.08 W110° 12.05 just as Bill also found. > > Oh yeah... If you've never seen this book, it's jam packed with > coordinates for just about everything but geocache waypoints. It looks like > they've published a few more states that the original couple when I bought > the book. > > Jake - Team A.I. > > On 9/16/07, Bill Burkett wrote: > > > I have an Excel worksheet that lists a "Contention" northwest of > > Tombstone at N31 46.080 W110 12.050. Nothing there on Garmin's Topo > > 2008, but the waypoint is right along a Southern Pacific rail line. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Richard Daines < rjdaines@gmail.com> > > To: Az-Geocaching > > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:57:38 PM > > Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Contention, AZ > > > > Yes, I'm bored again and watching the original "3:10 to Yuma". I see > > that Contention is a ghost town now, anyone have good coordinates to it. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > >