#78 - Marie Dorion
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Volcanoguy
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Marie Dorion sign in Parma.
Waymark Code: WMBFBJ
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2011
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Idaho History Marker #78 about Marie Dorion in Parma near the replica of Old Fort Boise.
Marker Name: Marie Dorion
Marker Type: City
Marker Text:
An Iowa Indian who came through here with Wilson Price Hunt’s fur trappers in 1811. Marie Dorion spent an incredible winter in this region in 1814.
She and her two infant children were sole survivors of a mid-January Bannock Indian clash at John Reid’s fur trade post 6 miles west of here. So they had to set out with two horses on a 200-mile retreat through deep mountain snow. Finally a Columbia River band of Walla Walla Indians rescued them in April.
County: Canyon
City: Parma
Group Responsible for Placement: State of Idaho
Marker Number: 78
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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