Road signs of the past

Here are a few more pictures from the Red Rock Camp on area roads. The first picture from left to right is Clair Amand, Eugen(Gene) Garber, and Frank Amand on Leetonia Rd. The sign describing the narrowness of the bridge pretty much explains the width of the entire road. You can see how the road drops off from where they are standing not a fun trip in the snow and ice. This picture was taken in Nov of 1947.

The next picture is Gene at a road intersection wearing a cowboy hat. This picture was taken in Aug of 1948. Seems they had better road marker signs then we have today. Sometimes it is necessary to put up our own signs to get people to find us. A combination of flags and signs usually works well. The only problem with this is everyone does it so it isn't uncommon to see plastic ribbons on trees almost every mile coming up the road marking something or another. The loggers use them, the hunters use them and camp owners makes for a little confusion at best.

The one good thing is that a couple of years ago the State started 911 marking back here. So for the first time we have a real address instead of a plot number. This has made it easier to tell people which place yours is once they get close. However, too many people rely on mapquest and GPS which may or may not get you here. It has been known to take people around the other side of the mountain and that detour can cost you 20 miles. As most of you know our "blocks" are entire mountains and going around them is a big trip not something you want to do on a low tank of gas.

Last night was a beautiful star-lite night and today promises to be another great day maybe a little on the warm side in the 80's, but dry and blue skies. Have a great Leetonia Day! Mountain girl, Paula, logging out.