Foothill Boulevard
Upland, CA 91786(909) 931-4100
The monument is located on old U.S. Route 66, at Foothill Boulevard and Euclid Avenue, Upland, California.
This monument was dedicated on February 1, 1929. The monument was rededicated February 9-11, 1979.
The inscriptions read:
South Face: MADONNA OF THE TRAIL N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL TO THE PIONEER MOTHERS OF THE COVERED WAGON DAYS
East Face: THIS TRAIL, TROD BY THE PADRES IN SPANISH DAYS, BECAME UNDER MEXICAN RULE, THE ROAD CONNECTING LOS ANGELES, LATER THE AMERICAN POST ROAD.
North Face: THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD
West Face: OVER THIS TRAIL, NOVEMBER 1826 JEDEDIAH SMITH, SEEKING A RIVER FLOWING WESTWARD, LED A BAND OF SIXTEEN TRAPPERS, THE FIRST AMERICANS TO ENTER CALIFORNIA OVERLAND.
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