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 north-west.

(Southeast Face) The first toll-gate in Indiana stood near this site on the National Road.

(Northeast Face) The National Old Trails Road.

Marker is on East Main Street (U.S. 40) near North 22th Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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