City of Council Grove 313 West Main Council Grove Kansas 066846
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 7, 1928
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.
SOS Assessment Award, 2000.
SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2001.
Image on file.
(On bottom of sculpture, south side) A. Leimbach (On front of base:) MADONNA OF THE TRAIL/N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL/TO THE/PIONEER MOTHERS/OF THE/COVERED WAGON DAYS (On back of base:) THE NATIONAL/OLD/TRAILS ROAD (On south side of base:) Here East met West/When the Old Santa Fe Trail/was established August 10, 1825/at a Council between the/United States Commissioners/and Osage Indians (On north side of base:) 1825-1866 Trailsmen/camped on the spot/1847-1873 Kaw Indians/lived here/1847-First white settler/Seth Hays/1847-Council Grove/A trading post (On bronze plaque:) 1978 MEMORY BOX signed
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Summary:
A full-length, standing female figure, in pioneer clothing, with a long dress, boots, a sunbonnet, and a shawl. In her proper left arm she holds an infant, and in her proper right hand she holds the top of the barrel of a rifle, the butt of which rests on the ground. A little boy is at her side with his proper left hand on the rifle and his proper right hand holding the front of her dress. At the figure's feet is a bed of cactus and large leaves.
Topic:
History--United States--Westward Expansion Search this
