I found a photo online from a book that has a picture with a Skyline Trail marker in it. I'll try to link it here:
Fred Cleator.
Rob, that's the name I was trying to remember. He wrote the notes promoting the relocations of the Skyline. I believe he was retired but still consulted and respected.
D.
Hi Kirk,
Thanks for the link to the book about the Three Sisters. This still isn't the sign we are looking for. The sign I remember seeing in the 1960s and 70s (probably installed in 1937ish, per Bend Bulletin article) was metal, enameled and I believe was green on white. They were found frequently along the trail. It was similar to the Pacific Crest Trail diamond metal tags used in the 1970s and 80s.
I asked/looked at the Government Camp museum and the Clackamas Lake RS museum, but came up empty-handed.
Still looking,
Jerry
Jerry,
Were you able to get any information from Bruce Johnson? What part of the trail do you remember seeing the old markers on?
You said you remembered the markers being like the metal diamonds, were they the smaller size or were they a little bit bigger, like the size of the green and white PCT markers with the tree on them?
Good luck in your quest!
Kirk
Like I said, John Muir Trail. I believe they were all the same sign. Green and white enamel diamonds. When we walked the PCT in '74 they were all along the trail portions of the trail. they were old then. Often folded in half as the trees grew. Meaning, at that time, there were many missing townships of trail.
There was another style of enamel sign in the District. Distinctive in their use of what I believe is called "bankers script" or type.
The specific Skyline signs I have seen in the warehouse and other places were wood.
D.