Heart-Shaped Marker by Harrison Mayes near Cumberland Gap, KY

This marker is the one that was featured in the 1971 National Geographic Magazine about Cumberland Gap, Kentucky.

In a discussion thread about the sign on facebook, the person who lives across the road claimed: “I’ve been talking about restoring that sign for years. It’s a landmark. The tree company messed it up when they came through and cleared the side of the road for the electric company. That’s when they moved the power lines outta the mountains a there and put them on the side of the road. I painted that sign 6 times I think when I was a teenager.”

Over the last years, the marker deteriorated even more and now most of the “heart-part” is gone and exposes its inner working.

Thanks to Lee Michael Caudill for sending an update and initially telling me about the marker.

The other photo was taken by Malcolm J. Wilson

Location

KY 522 S, Dione, KY 36.94991393968771,-83.08991509420791 unknown