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Dedicated in 1929, the Madonna
of the Trail is one of twelve identical statues placed
in twelve states by the National Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. The statues, differentiated
by the inscriptions on their bases, commemorate the westward
move of American civilization on a series of trails, which
eventually linked the country from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. They especially pay tribute to the importance
of a national highway and the role of pioneer women. The
statue was designed by German-born architectural sculptor
August Leimbach and inspired by a statue of Sacagawea
in Portland, Oregon. The Upland monument is said to represent
four historic trails: the Mojave Trail, the de Anza Trail,
the Emigrant Trail, and the Canyon Road.
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