The existence of this statue is worth noting.

Parma is a small agricultural community in southwestern Idaho, in the valley of the Boise River, near the location where the Reed party established its base camp in the fall of 1813.

The statue commemorates a specific person who was in this specific place at a specific moment in history.

The base of the statue has an inscription.

The inscription describes Marie Dorion as a survivor.

It describes her as having traveled through the Blue Mountains in winter.