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Retired Teacher’s Niche in Indian History Recalled
Yakima AP report details Mary Jo Estep, among last survivors of a 1911 Shoshone massacre in northern Nevada. The story traces her family’s flight from Idaho to California then Nevada, the 300 mile chase, and her adoption by Evan Estep at Ft. Hall after two other siblings died. discovery of her link came via Dayton Hyde’s novel The Last Free Man. She recalls little discussion of the event.
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Yakima, Wash
Mary Jo Estep
United States
Bers
Nevada
Miss Estep
Dayton O. Hyde
Winnemucca
Nev
Mike
Carson, Nev
Evan Estep
Indian Agency
Ft. Hall
Idaho
Mary Jo
California
Hyde