Cliff Drive
Lexington, MO 64067Originally, the monument was located at the intersection of Main Street (former National Old Trails Road) and Jack's Ford Road. The monument currently sits on the northeast corner Highland Street and Cliff Drive.
This monument is not located along the Route 40 corridor, but a bit north in Lexington, Missouri. West of Boonville, The National Old Trails Highway swung north of Route 40.
This monument was dedicated on September 17, 1928. The keynote speaker was Judge Harry S Truman, President of the National Old Trails Association.
The monument was rededicated on September 28, 1978.
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: LEXINGTON SETTLED 1820 BY VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY PIONEERS. EARLY TERMINUS OF RIVER TRANSPORTATION, STARTING POINT ON THE WESTERN TRAIL OF THE PACK PONY AND OX CART.
East Face: THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD
North Face: JOHN, JAMES AND ROBERT AULL RUSSELL MAJORS & WADDEL DONIPHAN PIONEERS-TRADERS SOLDIERS-CITIZENS OF LEXINGTON WHO GAVE VALIANT SERVICE TO THE WINNING OF THE WEST.
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