Madonna of the Trail - Kansas
1-57 West Main Street
Council Grove, KS 66846This monument stands on the east bank of the Neosho River at Main Street (U.S. Route 56).
The monument was dedicated on September 7, 1928.
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: HERE, 'EAST MEETS WEST' WHEN THE 'OLD SANTA FE TRAIL' WAS ESTABLISHED AUGUST 10, 1825 AT A COUNCIL BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS AND OSAGE INDIANS
East Face: THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD
North Face: 1825-1866 TRAILSMEN 1847-FIRST WHITE SETTLER SETH HAYS. 1847-COUNCIL GROVE TRADING POST.
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