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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Pictured is one of twelve 'Madonna of the Trail' monuments created by sculptor August Leimbach and commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) to honor the spirit of pioneer women. The monuments are installed in each state along the National Old Trails Road which stretched from Maryland to California. The monument pictured is located in Upland, California, formerly North Ontario. Photograph article dated March 31, 1949 partially reads, "One familiar marker too often overlooked is the memorial to pioneer mothers of the covered wagon days. It is located under spacious pepper trees on Euclid Ave. where Highway 66 intersects in the City of Ontario, about 40 miles east of Las [sic] Angeles...The words 'Madonna of the Trail' is chiseled in the stone on one side. On another side are words stating: 'Over this trail in November, 1826, sixteen trappers sought a river and were the first Americans to enter California overland."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 20 cm. Photographic prints
Women pioneers--California--Upland--Art Memorials--California--Upland Statues--California--Upland Children--California--Upland Bicycles--California--Upland Trees--California--Upland Upland (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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