Traveling the Old Red Trail

ROAD SIGNS AND WHAT THEY MEAN
When the Red Line Trail began the only signs were red bands around posts to signify that the road or trail you were on was the Red Line Trail and the letters R, L, and X indicating right turns, left turns and danger.

In 1923 actual signs began to be erected showing that the road was a state highway and also indicating warnings and giving distances. At first the route was marked with an Indian head while it was State Highway 3.

In 1925 the sign was changed to showing that it was now a part of U.S. Highway 10.

Today Interstate 94 runs along the route and that sign looks like this

For More reading:
From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System
by Richard F. Weingroff, Information Liaison Specialist, Federal Highway Administration
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.htm

Discussion Question
For many years, this sign indicated a road that was part of the national interstate highway system. Why was it named after President Eisenhower?