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Show ESrs- fJncy ftl-rimon, U'mtzh Basin Pfonser, T Observe 88ih Birthday ! 1 i t , ,j. - j A Uintah Basin resident for J almost 50 years, iWrs. N.mey i orsythe Manrnon, wife of tile late li. Lee Marimon, who for many years managed the Indian Trading post at Wniterocks, will celebrate her 80th birthday, Feb. 25. Mr. Marimon came west in 1887 and lived for a year in Ouray, before returning to Har-rodsourg, Har-rodsourg, Ky., where on Oct. 5, liJ:)2, Mr. and Alls. Marimon were married. In 1901 Airs. Marimon came with her husband to Salt Lake City, where they lived for nearly near-ly a year. But in Aug'ust, 1902, they came to Wniterocks, where Air. Marimon assumed charge of the trading post. Airs. Marimon Mari-mon has lived in Wniterocks ever since, except for four winters win-ters spent with the children at school, She wittnessed many epochal changes du: ing her many years at Whiterocks. When she ar- rived, the Indians were hostile; and the soldiers found it necessary neces-sary to ride through the town fairly often to remind the Indians In-dians that the army was still aroui.d. She recalls that one entire en-tire summer, the soklk-rs camped camp-ed just south of the Indian school to keep o. der among the tribes. Mr. Mar:mon died in April, 1!)30. Mrs. Marimon, with her sktjr, Mrs. Vanarsdall. has continued con-tinued to reside in Whiterocks. Five ch ldren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Marimon. Their first born, a boy, died in Salt L-ike City while a child; their vou-.eest, as a little girl, died in Whiterocks. Their three liv-inf liv-inf children' are M'ss Hose Mark, mon, had of the English depart-1 ment, Westminster college, Salt Lake Citv: Robert L. Marimon,' i mRraWer of the Whiterocks Trading post: and Mrs. E.F. Coe, i of Phoenix, Ariz. I : |