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Madonna of the Trail StatueRichmond, Indiana

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The monument sits on the southwest corner of Glen Miller Park on U.S. Route 40 in Richmond, Indiana.

Map

This monument was dedicated on October 28, 1928.

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)
THE FIRST TOLL-GATE
IN INDIANA
STOOD NEAR THIS SITE
ON THE NATIONAL ROAD

(East Face)
THE NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD

(North Face)
A NATION'S HIGHWAY!
ONCE A WILDERNESS TARIL
OVER WHICH HARDY PIONEERS
MADE THEIR PERILOUS WAY
SEEKING NEW HOMES
IN THE DENSE FORESTS
OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST

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