Traders Point Sign Safe and Sound

In many respects this weblog is dedicated to sharing snippets of historic Traders Point that have been lost to time. Some of the stuff of history is passed down through spoken and written records and in the case of Traders Point, most evidence resides only in the memories of people who lived there. But a small amount of physical evidence remains. Yesterday, during a visit to a neighbor's office, I saw one of the original highway signs for the town. This sign was probably removed from Lafayette Road in the 1960s, maybe later.

There would have been two of these. One sign was located north of the Eagle Creek bridge on the eastside of Lafayette Road (referred to as Highway 52). The sign for southbound traffic would have been located on the westside of Lafayette Road near Wilson Road. I will ask him where and how he came to acquire this sign. The two signs were only a few hundred feet apart. Not sure what happened to the other sign but it's nice to know one of these is still in the area.