We often dream of what it would be like to paddle the stretch of river that flowed through Kinzua, hearing the tales from our aunts and uncles.

This sign was in the Village of Kinzua as part of the Keystone Marker Trust. Created by PennDOT’s predecessor, the Pennsylvania Department of Highways, just after the First World War, the markers were products of the height of the “Good Roads” movement then sweeping the nation. Founded in 1903, the Pennsylvania Department of Highways was one of the earliest of such departments of any state in the nation and its markers were literally signs of Pennsylvania pride.