State Agencies

Fortunately many of these cast iron signs used as Town Name signs or Stream Name signs still remain, although far too many have disappeared from the roadside as roads and towns expanded, but also sadly through simple neglect by town leaders.  This use of the keystones was predated by their use as regular “Traffic” signs…

Marker Exhibits

Sadly, many Borough and Townships ignore the Keystone town name signs until they fall over and disappear from the roadside.  Fortunately many also do adopt, care for, and restore to their original bright blue and gold colors – the colors of Pennsylvania.  Often the signs are then re-erected on the roadside, but often they are…

Reamstown Marker Refound

This REAMSTOWN marker was found along with others for the towns of Ephrata and Lincoln. They had been hidden away in the basement of the Cocalico Valley Museum for years.  Hopefully these signs for the other two towns will soon be in some publicly appreciated locations. Sept 2023 photo

York New Salem Marker To Be Refurbished

Too many of these almost century-old bits of “history in cast iron” stand neglected and forgotten, some still on the roadside, and many that languish in the deep dark corner of a Boro or Township maintenance shed.  But a growing number of towns where one or more still remain are taking a renewed interest in…

Russell’s Tavern Historical Marker

This is one of a very few “Keystone Markers” that denotes an event in history rather than a town name or stream name. First erected by the Highways Dept. in cooperation with the DAR – Daughters of the American Revolution – the broken marker was found by KMT in a PennDot storage shed in 2013.…

Marker Found Buried

March  2023  –  Like hundreds of Pennsylvania towns, Dushore, a town along U.S. Route 220 in Sullivan County, once had at least two Keystone Marker town name signs.  Both were believed to be long gone.  However, a property owner along the road recently unearthed not only one of the markers, but also the original cast…