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You see lots of Coca Cola signs around-even old ones seem to hang around for a really long time. I've only ever seen one other Sprite sign like this, though-it's on the roof of a gas station and has a hole in it.
Quite possibly the grandest hotel of many from Helper, Utah's peak period. The La Salle has an abundance of surviving signage. The business offered many services including a barber shop, ball room and most likely a brothel. Read the link:
www.utahstories.com/2010/10/helper%E2%80%99s-brothel-mini...
utahstories.blogspot.com/2012/06/helper-utah-meet-clamper...
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I don't know about you, but every time I see an old motel with a great creative sign, I get nostalgic--which is easy for me to do, as I don't ever recall staying in one. So I can imagine anything I want about these old motels. Of course I'm sure most of these places are now dingier and sketchier than they were back in their heyday of the 50s and 60s but I still say, sketchy or not, that there is something to be said about how wonderfully unique each old motel is. Yes, you (usually) know what you are getting with a chain motel but it's not quite as creative as the individual old motel. I can just see taking a road trip in your classic 1960 Cadillac De Ville and riding down the strip in a town with neon motel signs on each block just waiting for your to take your pick.
This motel sign is located in the beautiful mountain city of Bozeman, Montana. If you think about it, this hotel was likely built in the 50s or 60s--back
when Montana was still fairly "wild". Before all the celebrities and rich people with their log cabin homes moved in and there was a super 8 in every town. I'm sure these (at the time) new modern hotels were a sight for sore eyes to weary travelers coming from more "civilized" places :)
Something interesting to note is that what is now the Royal 7 Motel, used to be the Stardust motel back in the day. If you follow this link, you'll see a photo and some information about this old motel back in the 60s! (the entire website is great, by the way, it features old hotels in their heyday)
My handmade chalkboard sign for craft shows. I found an old piece of wood at a thrift store for 2 bucks, then I taped off the edges and used chalkboard spray paint on it. Then I just chalked away! A warm welcome to my booth!
We were returning via 2 lane highways from Louisville and ran across a Pizza King I did not have on my list.
Aggressive signage warning of wildlife on the highways was encountered a number of times on our roadtrip thru Montana and Wyoming.
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Something that you don't see too often in the United States anymore, except in the rural towns that are off the beaten path.
This sign is on a side street in the town of Santa Margarita California, located in San Luis Obispo County in California's Central Coast area. The town is located inland, just off the busy Highway 101.
Zzyzx, California ( /'za?z?ks/), formerly Camp Soda and Soda Springs, is a settlement in San Bernardino County, California. It is the former site of the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa and now the site of the Desert Studies Center. The site is also the location of Lake Tuendae, originally part of the spa, and now a refuge habitat of the endangered Mohave tui chub.
Zzyzx Road is a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) long, part paved and part dirt, rural collector road in the Mojave Desert. It runs from Interstate 15 generally south to the Zzyzx settlement.
The settlement is in area code 760 and ZIP code 92309. The nearest town is Baker, California, 7 miles (11 km) north on I-15. Las Vegas, Nevada is the nearest major city, about 100 miles (160 km) northeast.
History
Soda Springs, a natural spring, has long seen human activity. The area was a prehistoric quarry site, and projectile points and rock art can be found in the area. The Mojave Road ran past the spring, as did the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. Remnants of a wagon road stop and railroad artifacts are readily seen. Evaporative salt mining and mill sites can be found here as well.
The name Zzyzx was given to the area in 1944 by Curtis Howe Springer, claiming it to be the last word in the English language. Springer made up the word's pronunciation "zy-zicks". He established the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa in 1944 at the spot, which was federal land, after filing mining claims for 12,000 acres (49 km2) surrounding the springs. He used the springs to bottle his water and provide drinks for travelers through the hot desert. Springer also imported animals from around the country to attract more families to visit his ranch. He used Zzyzx until 1974, when he was arrested by the United States Marshals for misuse of the land as well as alleged violations of food and drug laws,[citation needed] and the land was reclaimed by the government.
Since 1976, the Bureau of Land Management has allowed California State University to manage the land in and around Zzyzx. A consortium of CSU campuses use it as their Desert Studies Center.
Word Ways magazine verified the source of the lexicography as an undated San Bernardino County map published by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The magazine characterized Zzyzx Springs as "a hydrologic feature and a privately owned spa catering to the senior citizen, about 8.5 mi (13.7 km) south of Baker on the western edge of Soda Dry Lake, off the abandoned right-of-way of the old Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad."
Zzyzx was approved as a place name by the United States Board on Geographic Names on June 14, 1984. As is the case with the road, Zzyzx, California, is the USBGN's lexicographically greatest (alphabetically last, at least in English alphabetical order) place name.
Popular culture references
Referred to in the song "Zzyzx Scarecrow" by Stavesacre[3]
A single by American band, Stone Sour, from the album Come What(ever) May
An album by Norwegian band, Zeromancer
A novel by Michael Petracca, Captain Zzyzx (1992), ISBN 978-1-877741-06-7
In a video for Beggars and Thieves (band), Beggars and Thieves (song) there is a 'Zzyzx Rd' sign shown.
A 2005 horror film, Zzyzx, was directed by Richard Halpern.
A 2006 thriller film, Zyzzyx Road, starring Katherine Heigl.
Referred to as a major story segment in a novel by Michael Connelly The Narrows (part of the Harry Bosch series).
A song title by the punk band Off With Their Heads on their 2010 In Desolation album.
A song called Zzyzx Road by Ivan Ives on his 2007 Iconoclast Album.
Characters in the Drabble comic strip snore, not with a simple "Z," but with "Zzyzx."
This Biloxi Mississippi McDonalds was built in 1962. The original "Spedee" single arch sign survived Hurricane Camille in 1969 but the original building did not. In 2005, the vintage sign was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina and the owners tore it down. This is as it appeared in 1998.
Roadside Denny's restaurant sign in Lakewood, Washington
6112 100th Street Southwest, Lakewood, WA
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