Salt Creek School

Historical marker location:

Hayfork, California

( Marker is on California Route 3 north of Bridge Gulch Road (FS 31N19), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1986

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.