Madonna of the Trail

(East Face) N.S.D.A.R. Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days.

(North Face) This the first military road in America beginning at Rock Creek and Potomac River, Georgetown, Maryland, leading our pioneers across this continent to the Pacific.

Madonna of the Trail

This 10 foot high, 5 ton statue cast by St. Louis sculptor August Leimbach is one of 12 identical monuments to the bold spirit of the pioneers erected in 1928-29 along the National Old Trails Road from Maryland to California.

Marker ...

Madonna of the Trail

In 1912, Congress appropriated funds for a new highway, the National Old Trails Road, or Ocean-to-Ocean Highway. The route crossed 12 states from Maryland to California following much of the National Road and the Santa Fe Trail. To celebrate the ...

Madonna of the Trail

(West Face):

N.S.D.A.R. Memorial

to the

Pioneer Mothers

of the

Covered Wagon Days

(South Face):

Into the primitive west

Face upflung toward the sun

Bravely she came

Her children besides her,

Here she made them a home

Beautiful Pioneer ...

Madonna of the Trail

N.S.D.A.R. Memorial

to the

Pioneer Mothers

of the

Covered Wagon Days

The National

Old Trails Road

Here East met West

when the Old Santa Fe Trail

was established August 10, 1825

at a council between the

United States Commissioners

Madonna of the Trail

The National Old Trails Road

N·S·D·A·R Memorial

to the

Pioneer Mothers

of the

Covered Wagon Days

The Cumberland Road.

Built by

the Federal Government.

Was authorized by Congress

and approved by

Thomas Jefferson in 1806.

Vandalia marks the

western terminus

Madonna of the Trail

(South Face) N.S.D.A.R. Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days.

(East Face) On this historic spot, the hunting ground of the friendly Indian Nemacolin, this monument is erected and dedicated to the memory of our pioneer mothers.

The Madonna of the Trail

The statue before you was created as a tribute to the pioneer women who braved the uncertainties of the great journey west. The Madonna memorials were a project of the Daughters of the American Revolution and were dedicated between 1926 ...

Madonna of the Trail

(South Face)

N.S.D.A.R. Memorial

to the

Pioneer Mothers

of the

Covered Wagon Days.

(East Face)

To the pioneer mothers of our mountain state, whose courage, optimism, live and sacrifice made possible the National Highway that united east and west.

(North ...

Madonna of the Trail

(Southwest Face) N.S.D.A.R. Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days.

(Northwest Face) A Nation's Highway! Once a wilderness trail over which hardy pioneers made their perilous way seeking new homes in the dense forests of the great ...