Wheeling,
West Virginia
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The monument is located on National
Road (U.S. Route 40), across from the Park Apartments,
Wheeling. This monument was dedicated
on July 7, 1928.
Map
The post card view on the right is
ca. 1935.
Inscriptions are found on all four
faces. The inscriptions read:
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(West Face)
MADONNA OF THE TRAIL
N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL
TO THE
PIONEER MOTHERS
OF THE
COVERED WAGON DAYS
(South Face)
TO THE PIONEER MOTHERS
OF OUR MOUNTAIN STATE
WHOSE COURAGE, OPTIMISMM, LOVE
AND SACRIFICE MADE POSSIBLE
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
THAT UNITED THE EAST AND WEST.
(East Face)
THE NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD
(North Face)
BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
AND CHIEFLY THROUGH
THE STATESMANSHIP OF
HENRY CLAY.
THIS ROAD WAS MADE POSSIBLE
IN 1806.
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1935 postcard.
1948 postcard.
1950's postcard.
