Over the years I would stop and read ones that had interesting titles, but as I've gotten older, I stop at most of them that I see. I have found that they help tell me the story of my country from a local history viewpoint.
So, anyone else enjoy reading them?This message has been edited. Last edited by: Tuckerrnr1, April 24, 2019 06:28 PM
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April 23, 2019, 09:46 PM
radioman
No, the only thing we got here are Lewis and Clark markers, and they bore me.
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April 23, 2019, 10:02 PM
Rightwire
I learned it is better to pull over to the side of the road when you stop to read them
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April 23, 2019, 10:04 PM
hudr
There are a few places I go regularly, several hundred miles away. I have often thought it would be cool to stop and read the ones along those routes. But I always get caught up in the “getting there”.
April 23, 2019, 10:15 PM
jhe888
Yes. A lot of them around Texas are related to the Texas Revolution and that is cool.
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April 23, 2019, 10:19 PM
flashguy
It depends on how much of a hurry I'm in.
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April 23, 2019, 10:20 PM
adobesig
It can be cool. Stopped by an old Spanish adobe church in New Mexico that is decades older than the United States and still having services!
April 23, 2019, 11:18 PM
newtoSig765
No, but I wish I did. I used to live near Barrington, IL and unknowingly drove by the site of the shootout in which FBI Agents killed Baby Face Nelson. I hear there's a marker there, and I enjoy that history.
On the other hand, family legend relates that one of my Uncles put a sign in front of his home in Lexington, MA during the Bicentennial Celebration, saying it had been the home of "The Patriot Isaac Newtosig, who, upon hearing the Alarm, fortified himself with rum cake and retired early, arising refreshed and ready for Battle on the Morning of the 20th."
I never saw that sign, either.
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April 23, 2019, 11:21 PM
bushpilot
Yes...Love to learn the history in the area. Being semi retired helps with the time to stop.
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April 23, 2019, 11:40 PM
craglawnmanor
Yes, I enjoy reading them whenever I can. But, I was a History major, so I feel I might not be the target audience for your question. This message has been edited. Last edited by: craglawnmanor, April 24, 2019 03:48 PM
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April 24, 2019, 04:47 AM
2000Z-71
Depending on the trip, yep. If it's a road trip to have fun, absolutely. If in a hurry to get somewhere like moving to Alaska, unfortunately I missed a lot.
So 2 years ago we made the daddy/daughter road trip up to Colorado. Somewhere along I-40 east of Holbrook we watched a car in front of us pull off to the side of the road, drivernbail out, run to the back of the car, drop trou and take a dump right there on the side of the interstate without even bothering to look for a bush or a rock. My daughter and I could not stop laughing for miles.
My daughter being a history geek and a smart ass for the rest of the trip any time there was a historical marker on the side of the road would say,
"Hey dad, what famous person took a dump here?"
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April 24, 2019, 05:23 AM
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Originally posted by 2000Z-71: Depending on the trip, yep. If it's a road trip to have fun, absolutely. If in a hurry to get somewhere like moving to Alaska, unfortunately I missed a lot.
So 2 years ago we made the daddy/daughter road trip up to Colorado. Somewhere along I-40 east of Holbrook we watched a car in front of us pull off to the side of the road, drivernbail out, run to the back of the car, drop trou and take a dump right there on the side of the interstate without even bothering to look for a bush or a rock. My daughter and I could not stop laughing for miles.
My daughter being a history geek and a smart ass for the rest of the trip any time there was a historical marker on the side of the road would say,
"Hey dad, what famous person took a dump here?"
Didn't even put the car between he and the road?
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April 24, 2019, 06:45 AM
maxwayne
I was asked for some comments when I retired and I said that I now hoped to stop at all such markers. I don't, but try to.
Just last week, I was driving through Arkansas and Louisiana and saw a few markers, but there was no notice that they were coming and I was unable to stop in time.
I did see one large sign in Arkansas about a Japanese/American internment camp from WWII.
April 24, 2019, 07:01 AM
Blackmore
I've read most of our NH ones since my family started coming here 50 years ago (escaped CT in 1980).
I tried to stop and read TX ones when we were there in January but hated slowing down from 75 mph on the secondary roads.
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April 24, 2019, 07:05 AM
pedropcola
If I have time. Not so much the road side ones but I do the pedestrian ones. Just went to Alamo for the first time last month and walking around Oklahoma City I read some that explained the origin of sooners. Cool
April 24, 2019, 07:10 AM
Woodman
On a leisurely drive diagonally across Kansas on a two-lane state highway, I'd stop every hour or so to read of another pioneer family who homesteaded the area.
Is that state always so windy?
April 24, 2019, 08:17 AM
Jim Shugart
Yes, frequently. As you might expect, there's a lot of them in the eastern end of Virginia.
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