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Heading up to Pine Creek Trailhead today I noted this roadside marker. Been traveling this road since 1967 and the first time I noticed it . I noted a similar one in the early 70's near Sunflower (on the old segment of AZ 87). I asked about this marker back then and was advised it was for Dwight Eisenhower's cross country trip after WW1. Any other info I would appreciate.

Nighthiker wrote:Heading up to Pine Creek Trailhead today I noted this roadside marker. Been traveling this road since 1967 and the first time I noticed it IMG_0158.JPG. I noted a similar one in the early 70's near Sunflower (on the old segment of AZ 87). I asked about this marker back then and was advised it was for Dwight Eisenhower's cross country trip after WW1. Any other info I would appreciate.

Doubt D.E. came through Arizona on that trip http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in ... -road-trip

Might be a lead > https://is.gd/GgjkU0

DE did not come thru on AZ 87, the findings of the trip recommended a system of highway markers and designating certain highways as federal defense highways for military use during national emergency's

Nighthiker wrote:DE did not come thru on AZ 87, the findings of the trip recommended a system of highway markers and designating certain highways as federal defense highways for military use during national emergency's

I guess I was confused by your comment - "was advised it was for Dwight Eisenhower's cross country trip after WW1" - thinking that you were saying it was FOR his trip.

I am no expert on this but I am not convinced...
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excerpted from: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/int ... #question3


Interstate Highway System - The Myths

Myth - Defense was the primary reason for the Interstate System.

The primary justifications for the Interstate System were civilian in nature. In the midst of the Cold War, the Department of Defense supported the Interstate System and Congress added the words “and Defense” to its official name in 1956 (“National System of Interstate and Defense Highways”). However, the program was so popular for its civilian benefits that the legislation would have passed even if defense had not been a factor.


Myth - President Eisenhower conceived the Interstate System.

The Interstate System was first described in a Bureau of Public Roads report to Congress, Toll Roads and Free Roads, in 1939. It was authorized for designation by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, with the initial designations in 1947 and completed in 1955 under the 40,000-mile limitation imposed by the 1944 Act. President Eisenhower didn’t conceive the Interstate System, but his support led to enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which established the program for funding and building it.

Further... it appears that the plan was to designate the US-60 alignment as the N-S artery.

Just trying to figure out why they placed them in remote locations.

On the DOT paper it appears that they may have been considering multiple alignments, could be that or something altogether different - merely conjecture. If the one you saw in/near Sunflower had a "FH10" on the top it may lend credence to this.