Marie Dorion Found Her Husband Dead In The Snow — Then Crossed 250 Miles Of Frozen Wilderness With Her Two Children
The achievement it documents is not.
She was recognized on the Columbia River in the spring of 1814.
She deserved recognition long before, and she deserves far more of it than she has received since.
Two sentences in Franchère’s journal.
A statue in Parma, Idaho.
A historical marker or two.
An Oregon Encyclopedia entry.
A National Park Service page.
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