Arrows across America

[sharon]

I thought the history and info here was absolutely fascinating! Maybe something to go looking for when I have the time.

http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/11/1 ... s-america/

[Bethers]

I saw an arrow once. Have no memory where and no one could tell me what it was. Love the history and now want to see and/ or find another.

[BarbaraRose]

Wow! That is really interesting! Would be cool to find one or two of them somewhere. I have never read about those arrows before. Thanks for sharing!

[Rufflesgurl]

The GPS of back then. It would be neat to see one of those arrows!

Linda

[Olive600]

Bookmarked the blog. One of the best I've seen. Thanks!

[VickieP]

Neat & interesting.

[mitch5252]

Never heard of them before.
Very interesting.

[JudyJB]

Interesting. We'll have to share if we find any of these.

[avalen]

wow, I never knew that. That was interesting, thanks for posting
Will be fun to throw that out there at work to Mr Know it all and see if he knows it. and I say that nicely, not meanly cause the guy
really is smart and knows ALOT.

[Anniepoo]

Many cities in America have a sign, usually on a hill, with the city name.

Amazingly, we have Amelia Earhart to thank for those.

She went on a campaign encouraging cities to put a sign like that up, or paint the name of the city on the roof
of a warehouse or similar large structure, since pilots often couldn't tell what town they were over. It's nearly impossible
to read road signs and advertising from the air, and towns look a lot alike.

I used to live in South San Francisco, which still has a prominent sign on 'sign hill', above the town, 'South San Francisco - The Industrial City'

In the SF bay area Niles has a sign too, and I'm sure there are others around.

[Liz]

Neat history!

[Irmi]

That's interesting!

[Nasoosie]

I had heard about these arrows years ago, but never came upon one that I was aware of! What a neat tidbit of info to keep in mind when exploring the country!

[sharon]

It looks like there are 2 in Holtville and I've been wanting to go there for the hot springs so maybe Evie and I can do a road trip after the first of the year and go exploring. Maybe when Anita gets back in the area, she would probably enjoy it, too.

[SoCalGalcas]

Thanks Sharon, very interesting. Looks just like Hwy 80 going across the country. lyn