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Archive Home > 2010 > April > 11 > A forgotten pioneer story revived

A forgotten pioneer story revived

By Jillian Daley / The Bulletin
April 11, 2010

SALEM — Keizer community leader Barbara Clement wants to honor a local heroine who died 160 years ago.

Madame Marie Dorion was the first woman to settle in Oregon Territory, the first to give birth on the Oregon Trail, an advocate for orphans and a hero to fur traders.

Clement plans to have a....

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