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Photographer: Bill Kirchner
Taken: September 24, 2010
Caption: Madonna of the Trail Statue
Additional Description: This Madonna was dedicated September 28, 1928. The honor of unveiling the monument went to Eliza Rudd, possibly the sculptor's model, a pioneer mother who had arrived in Round Valley on August 1, 1876 by wagon train with her husband and eight children. The honored speakers were Arizona Governor George W.P. Hunt and Harry S. Truman, then a judge in Missouri and President of the National Old Trails Road Association.

The monument was moved from the Post Office property to its present location across the street in 1987 and was re-dedicated by the D.A.R. in 1998.
Submitted: September 29, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p129939
File Size: 2.927 Megabytes

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