This nicely painted piece of wood was used as a road sign ages ago. It was placed at the road intersection right down by our farm telling people where they were, and where to go!
In addition to the name of the intersection itself, the additional parts of the sign tells where the road goes and the distance to these places.
The date of origin remains unknown, but the story tells that Marius Skogli, the last man to live in the little, now red, cottage close to the intersection, was the local road keeper back in the days. He kept the signs after they were taken down for new metal ones in the late 1960’s.
Marius maintained and kept the roads in old, old Nærøy county. Marius and wife Gurine built Mariusstua in 1933, and he lived there until he died in 1968. More of his story is in the local “Nærøy bygdebok IV”. His descendants, whom now was ready to part with this little keepsake, kept the signs for many, many years. I really do appreciate being able to display these cool, old signs!
