{"id":526,"date":"2023-07-20T21:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2024-02-09T23:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:44:30","slug":"1928-madonna-of-the-trail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/1928-madonna-of-the-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"1928 Madonna of the Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-divider{--divider-border-style:none;--divider-border-width:1px;--divider-color:#0c0d0e;--divider-icon-size:20px;--divider-element-spacing:10px;--divider-pattern-height:24px;--divider-pattern-size:20px;--divider-pattern-url:none;--divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h2>Madonna of the Trail<br \/>Springerville, Arizona<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-google_maps .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden}.elementor-widget-google_maps .elementor-custom-embed{line-height:0}.elementor-widget-google_maps iframe{height:300px}<\/style>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=34.133223%2C%20-109.285209&#038;t=m&#038;z=10&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"34.133223, -109.285209\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"34.133223, -109.285209\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Marker:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>Madonna of the Trail Monument\u00a0<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Location:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>182 E Main Street<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>Springerville, Apache County, Arizona<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #5b72dc; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=34.133223%2C+-109.285209&amp;rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS784US784&amp;oq=34.133223%2C+-109.285209&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">34.133223, -109.285209<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Historical Significance:\u00a0<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>In 1909, a group of women in Missouri formed a committee to locate the Old Santa Fe Trail in Missouri and secured appropriation from the state to mark the trail with suitable boulders or monuments. The idea further developed into plans for a highway to be designated as the National Old Trails Road by an act of Congress, and the work was carried out by the National Old Trails Road Association.<br \/>\u00a0<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>In 1911, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution established Old Trails Road as a National Memorial Highway.\u00a0<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>In 1912, the Old Trails Road Association stated in its bylaws: \u201cThe object of the Association shall be to assist the Daughters of the American Revolution in marking old trails and to promote the construction as the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway.&#8221; Missouri Judge Harry\u00a0S\u00a0Truman became the Association\u2019s president.\u00a0<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>The monument depicts a pioneer woman clasping her baby with her young son clinging to her skirts. The DAR wanted to capture the spirit of the pioneering women who boldly left the comforts of eastern hearth and home to trek into the western wilderness.\u00a0The seventh of twelve monuments, this Madonna of the Trail monument was placed where the National Road intersects the Coronado Trail.\u00a0Honored speakers in 1928 were Arizona Governor George\u00a0W.\u00a0P.\u00a0Hunt and Harry\u00a0S.\u00a0Truman, then a judge in Missouri and President of the National Old Trails Road\u00a0Association.<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>\u00a0<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>The monument was moved from the post office property to its present location\u00a0in 1987 and rededicated in 1988 by Virginia\u00a0Cline\u00a0Hinrichs, State Regent.\u00a0In 1998 it was rededicated by the Arizona State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (ASDAR) with Elizabeth\u00a0Hansen\u00a0Bugbee, State Regent, to celebrate its 70 years.\u00a0After an extensive restoration, the monument was rededicated by the Arizona State Society DAR on\u00a0September 23, 2006. On August 19, 2017, the DAR insignia was placed on the front base of the monument in memory of June Cromer Turner; dignitaries included Arizona State Regent Terri Mott and her brother, Randall Turner, children of June Cromer Turner.<\/p>\n<p>On September 30, 2023, a Madonna of the Trail 95th Anniversary Celebration was held in Springerville by the Sallie\u00a0Lovorn\u00a0Administration. The celebration included a wreath\u2011laying in the Springerville Cemetery at the grave of Eliza\u00a0Catherine\u00a0Mann\u00a0Rudd, who unveiled the monument in 1928. <br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Dedicated:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>September 29, 1928\u00a0<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Sponsor:\u00a0<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #5b72dc; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arizonadar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona State Society DAR <\/a><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><strong>Rededicated:<\/strong><br \/>1988<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsor:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #5b72dc; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/http:\/\/www.arizonadar.org\/\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona State Society DAR<\/a><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><b>Rededicated:<\/b><br \/>1998<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Sponsor:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #5b72dc; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arizonadar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona State Society DAR<\/a> <strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Rededicated:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>September 23, 2006<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Sponsor:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #5b72dc; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arizonadar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona State Society DAR<\/a><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Rededicated:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/>August 19, 2017<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><strong style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Sponsor:<\/strong><br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #5b72dc; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arizonadar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona State Society DAR<\/a><\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1928-madonna-of-the-trail-2019.jpg\" alt=\"A snapshot of a statue of a woman holding a baby with a young child clinging to her skirts.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1928-madonna-of-the-trail-2019.jpg 347w, https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1928-madonna-of-the-trail-2019-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><figcaption>Madonna of the Trail Monument, Springerville, Arizona, March 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1928-madonna-base-front-text.jpg\" alt=\"Statue base, front, reads, \u201cNSDAR Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days.\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Monument base, front, undated image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1928-madonna-base-side2-text.jpg\" alt=\"Statue base, side two, reads, \u201cCoronado passed here in 1540. He came to seek gold but found fame.\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Monument base, side two, undated image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"219\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1928-madonna-base-side3-text.jpg\" alt=\"Statue base, side three, reads, \u201cThe National Old Trails Road.\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Monument base, side three, undated image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1928-madonna-base-side4-text.jpg\" alt=\"Statue base, side four, reads, \u201cA tribute to the pioneers of Arizona and the Southwest who trod this ground and braved the dangers of the Apaches and other warrior tribes.\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Monument base, side four, undated image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1928-madonna-of-the-trail-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Snapshot of the Madonna of the Trail statue with the DAR insignia added.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1928-madonna-of-the-trail-2017.jpg 362w, https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1928-madonna-of-the-trail-2017-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><figcaption>Dedication of the DAR Insignia, State Regent Terri Mott and Randall Turner, August 19, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1928-madonna-2023-rededication.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial photograph of the Madonna of the Trail statue with a group of about fifty people gathered in front and smiling at the camera.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1928-madonna-2023-rededication.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1928-madonna-2023-rededication-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1928-madonna-2023-rededication-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Madonna of the Trail 95th Anniversary Celebration, September 30, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna of the TrailSpringerville, Arizona Marker:Madonna of the Trail Monument\u00a0Location:182 E Main StreetSpringerville, Apache County, Arizona34.133223, -109.285209 Historical Significance:\u00a0In 1909, a group of women in Missouri formed a committee to locate the Old Santa Fe Trail in Missouri and secured appropriation from the state to mark the trail with suitable boulders or monuments. The idea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-526","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5882,"href":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions\/5882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}