Sign Post Forest

He was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for his hometown: Danville, Ill. 2835 miles.

Private Carl K. Lindley, serving with the 341st Engineers, was ordered to repair the sign, and decided to personalize the job by adding a sign pointing towards his home town, Danville, Illinois, and giving the distance to it.

[2] The Sign Post Forest takes up a couple of acres, with huge new panels being constantly added, snaking through the trees.

In June 2012, the stage in the centre of the forest was the site of an impromptu performance of the play Two Women on a Precipice.

Littlefield and her fellow actors performed the piece for travellers who were likewise stranded in Watson Lake by the mudslides.