Plank Road

Historical marker location:

Winterhaven, California

( Marker is on Grays Wells Road, 3.6 miles west of Interstate 8, on the left when traveling west.)

Through the Years.

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.