The origin of Hi Sign Road

The recent story about Hi Sign Brewing raised the question: what’s the origin of Hi Sign Road and its distinctive sign?

Francis Beehler offered his recollection.

In 1970, when the dump was moved, Beehler was covering over the old dump when a stack of barrel tops all stuck together rolled by him in the wind. He threw them in his truck and took them home.

As folks had a hard time seeing the turn to...