Monday morning we were up early and drove on another 100 miles to Lake Lyman, right on the Easter border of Arizona. This reservoir is right in the middle of desert, so looks pretty bleak, so another quiet night. On our way we took in the town of Springerville, where we sought out the ‘Madonna of the Trails’, One of twelve statues that can be found on the National Old Trails Road, which is one of the pioneer trails of the 1850’s. The Statues were commissioned by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and place in 1928 and placed in locations from Pennsylvania to California. The statues tried to show the characteristics of the pioneer woman, with cradling a baby, pushing a child and carrying a gun. Originally the statues showed the woman looking West, but it seems that the statue in Springerville has been moved and the woman now resolutely faces North! Still it was very interesting.
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