Madonna of the Trail - Indiana
2260 East Main Street
Richmond, IN 47374The monument sits on the southwest corner of Glen Miller Park on U.S. Route 40 in Richmond, Indiana.
This monument was dedicated on October 28, 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: THE FIRST TOLL-GATE IN INDIANA STOOD NEAR THIS SITE ON THE NATIONAL ROAD
East Face: THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD
North Face: A NATION'S HIGHWAY! ONCE A WILDERNESS TARIL OVER WHICH HARDY PIONEERS MADE THEIR PERILOUS WAY SEEKING NEW HOMES IN THE DENSE FORESTS OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST
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