In 1942, in the middle of nowhere, an Army engineer posted the sign "Danville, Illinois, 2835 miles" to mark his hometown while building the Alaska Highway. That started the tradition of adding one’s hometown signs to the heap. Now, there are close to 50,000 65,000 signs in what became known as The Sign Post Forest.
Link | Flickr photos of the Sign Post Forest – Thanks JR!
Tilas
…wow. This is something I’d never thought I’d see on Neatorama! This is my hometown! However, you’re stats are wrong. At last count, there’s well over 65,000 signs now! Reading this post got me curious so just I phoned the Visitor Info Center and asked. 
For more info on the forest, go to-
http://www.yukoninfo.com/watson/signpostforest.htm
Andrea
WOW Ive so been there, my name is there!! My grandparents took me to alaska when i was 11 and we put our sign up!! All the way from St. Petersburg, Florida. I cant belive its still around we put our sign there in 1988!!!!
Kirkburn
How many of those are stolen signs, I wonder?
Well done to all those people for costing other people money.
Thomas
Many of the signs appear to be handmade, just to have something from your hometown represented. Also, street signs are replaced every 10 to 20 years. Where I live, they replaced all the old ones with larger ones with more reflective stuff and white borders. I got to keep a lot of the old ones, many of which were just left on the side of the road for the garbage men to collect.
On the other hand, I’m sure a lot of them are stolen.
B W Bandy
Never lived in Watson Lake but I used to live in Cassiar. I have seen it many times years ago. The photo does not do it justice.
Pat J
I was there in 1981, when I was 8. There were a lot of signs there already, and we duly posted our own. I wonder if they’re still there. Maybe someday I’ll have to go find out.
Lore
@ Kirkburn: Just have some fun won’t you. Yea this probably cost some money but so what. How cool is it to have your home town sign in the middle of nowhere!?
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