Sign Post Forest is a collection of signs at Watson Lake, Yukon, and is one of the most famous of the landmarks along the Alaska Highway. It was started by a homesick GI in 1942. Visitors may add their own signs to the 65,000 already present.
In 1942, a simple signpost pointing out the distances to various points along the tote road being built was damaged by a bulldozer. Private Carl K. Lindley, a US Army Engineer, was ordered to repair the sign, and decided to personalize the job by adding a sign pointing to his home town, Danville, Illinois.
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You're doing a great job Gerard, but can you please not link to this kind of spammy blogs anymore? I can't believe you actually think they didn't just steal this post from someone who actually worked on it...They linked to Fishki, a Russian portal that steals photos without giving any credits...
If blogs like these get to the Digg front page, then something needs to change, fast.
Spluch...come on
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