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Council
Grove, Kansas
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This monument stands on the east bank
of the Neosho River at Main Street (U.S. Route 56).
Map
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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