Forest Home

Historical marker location:

Plymouth, California

( Marker is on Jackson Road (State Highway 16) 0.2 miles west of Forest Home Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1986

1850's. Stage and Freight Stopover.

The Hollywood sign, which originally read "Hollywoodland," was built in 1923 as an advertisement for a real estate development. The sign was intended to be temporary, but it became a beloved symbol of the film industry and was eventually made permanent.