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Madonna of the Trail StatueUpland, California

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The monument is located on old U.S. Route 66, at Foothill Boulevard and Euclid Avenue, Upland, California.

Map

This monument was dedicated on February 1, 1929. The monument was rededicated February 9-11, 1979.

The inscriptions read:

 

(South Face)
MADONNA OF THE TRAIL
N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL
TO THE
PIONEER MOTHERS
OF THE
COVERED WAGON DAYS

(East Face)
THIS TRAIL, TROD BY
THE PADRES IN SPANISH
DAYS, BECAME
UNDER MEXICAN RULE,
THE ROAD CONNECTING
LOS ANGELES, LATER
THE AMERICAN POST ROAD.

(North Face)
THE NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD

(West Face)
OVER THIS TRAIL,
NOVEMBER 1826
JEDEDIAH SMITH, SEEKING
A RIVER FLOWING WESTWARD,
LED A BAND OF SIXTEEN
TRAPPERS, THE FIRST
AMERICANS TO ENTER
CALIFORNIA OVERLAND.

1950's postcrad - Madonna of the Trail, Upland, California
1950's postcard.

Contemporary photo by Ron Zurek.

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