Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Jack Kermott shot and killed his brother James C. Kermott, in what he claimed was an accident as he thought his brother was a prowler. They had been arguing for months over an inheritance. Jack Kermott was eventually found guilty of manslaughter. Jack Kermott, left, and an unidentified police officer stand in front of a statue of Madonna of the Trail in a park. Bushes and shrubs are around them and the statue. There are 12 identical Madonna of the Trail statues, differing only by base inscriptions, placed throughout the United States. This one is in Upland, California. Inscription on left side of statue pedestal: OVER THIS TRAIL, NOVEMBER 1828, JEBEDIAH SMITH, SE[EKING] A RIVER FLOWING [WESTWARD], LED A BAND [OF SIXTEEN TRAPPERS, THE FIRST AMERICANS] TO [ENTER CALIFORNIA OVER LAND] Inscription on front of statue pedestal: MADONNA OF THE TRAIL. DAR. N.S.D.A.R. ME[MORIAL] TO THE PIONEER MOT[HERS] OF THE [C]OVERED WA[GON DAYS] Handwritten on negative sleeve: 15074. Kermott Shooting [1938?] Handwritten on negative: Kermott shooting 12-2-38
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