Springerville,
Arizona
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The monument is located on Main Street
(U.S. Route 60), across from the Post Office in Springerville,
Arizona.
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This monument was dedicated on September
29, 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)
A TRIBUTE TO THE PIONEERS
OF ARIZINA AND THE SOUTHWEST
WHO TROD THIS GROUND
AND BRAVED THE DANGERS
OF THE APACHE
AND OTHER WARRIOR TRIBES.
(East Face)
THE NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD
(North Face)
CORONADO
PASSED HERE IN 1540
-HE CAME TO SEEK GOLD-
BUT FOUND FAME
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Photo courtesy of CArizona.