Sunday, April 17, 2011

Pioneer Mother Memorial



The Pioneer Mother Memorial, created in 1927 is place in Penn Valley Park near where the Santa Fe Trail passed in honor of the many pioneer women who traveled through the area. 

4 comments:

Jack said...

Nice photo. Interesting that they have a man leading the way on a pioneer mother statue. Not what I would have expected.

Leif Hagen said...

A wonderful statue and a great tribute to those pioneer women!

Randy said...

What a wonderful piece of art.

Halcyon said...

Times were tough back then. Glad we had some strong ladies to see things through!