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Madonna of the Trail StatueLamar, Colorado

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The monument is located at South Main Street (Lamar Highway) and Beech Streets, Lamar, Colorado.

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This monument was dedicated on September 24, 1928. The keynote speaker was Judge Harry S Truman, President of the National Old Trails Association.

The inscriptions read:

 

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

(South Face)
A PLACE OF HISTORICAL LORE
NOTED FOR INDIAN LODGES;
SHELTER FROM STORM AND HEAT;
BIVOUAC FOR EXPEDITIONS;
SCENE OF MANY COUNCILS.

(East Face)
THE NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD

(North Face)
IN COMMEMORATION OF
"BIG TIMBERS" EXTENDING
EASTWARD AND WESTWARD
ALONG ARKANSAS RIVER
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MILES
AND OF BENT'S NEW FORT.
LATER FORT WISE, 1852-1866.

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