109 East Beech Street
Lamar, CO 81052(719) 336-3483
The monument is located at South Main Street (Lamar Highway) and Beech Streets, Lamar, Colorado.
This monument was dedicated on September 24, 1928. The keynote speaker was Judge Harry S Truman, President of the National Old Trails Association.
The inscriptions read:
West Face: MADONNA OF THE TRAIL N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL TO THE PIONEER MOTHERS OF THE COVERED WAGON DAYS
South Face: A PLACE OF HISTORICAL LORE NOTED FOR INDIAN LODGES; SHELTER FROM STORM AND HEAT; BIVOUAC FOR EXPEDITIONS; SCENE OF MANY COUNCILS.
East Face: THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD
North Face: IN COMMEMORATION OF 'BIG TIMBERS' EXTENDING EASTWARD AND WESTWARD ALONG ARKANSAS RIVER APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MILES AND OF BENT'S NEW FORT. LATER FORT WISE, 1852-1866.
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