The metal sign was used at the Southern Railroad Building in Greer S.C.
The numbers "471" indicated how many miles Greer was from Washington D.C.
The "1" referred to the one building at the Railroad stop
1940s photograph of Greer's Mayor Hose Lanford pictured with his "sidekick" Roy C Hefner. The pair is seen volunteering together to help pick the cotton crop for the City's cotton-picking project during World War II.
This article and pictures were featured in the Newspaper Bicentennial Special for Greer