1803-1835 National Road
Wheeling, WV 26003The monument is located on National Road (U.S. Route 40), across from the Park Apartments, Wheeling. This monument was dedicated on July 7, 1928.
Inscriptions are found on all four faces. 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: TO THE PIONEER MOTHERS OF OUR MOUNTAIN STATE WHOSE COURAGE, OPTIMISMM, LOVE AND SACRIFICE MADE POSSIBLE THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY THAT UNITED THE EAST AND WEST.
East Face: THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD
North Face: BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND CHIEFLY THROUGH THE STATESMANSHIP OF HENRY CLAY. THIS ROAD WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN 1806.
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