Goose Creek: Swimming and Baptisms
Goose Creek was located across from the Marion Chapel where baptisms were performed. It used to be surrounded with brush, where the children and adults changed their clothes for the baptism. It was also a swimming...
The Island Grade School Class of 1922
Back (fourth from left) Edith, Emma Tolman, Ruby Speckman, Clair Cranney, Armenia Tolman. Front Delilia Freestone, Myrtle Cranney, Laura, Trafford Woodhouse, Dean Cranney, Hal Barton and William Tolman. Visit FamilySearch to learn more about Emma Tolman, Armenia...
Where is the Island Grade School today?
This house was built from the bricks of the Island Grade School and is situated on about the same location where the school stood. Pictured in the photo are Kay and Dennis Badger. Related Stories The Island Grade School The Island Grade School Class of...
My Grandma Mary Jane
(Written by Hattie Tolman Stinger about the only grandparent she remembers, Grandma Mary Jane) Grandma Mary Jane Gorringe (Tolman), my father’s mother was the only grandparent that I remember. We lived about 1 1/2 miles from her. Grandma had a parlor that was...
A Tribute to Joshua Alvin Tolman and Mary Jane Gorringe
1901 family photo in Oakley or Marion, Idaho. (Standing L to R: Cyrus Oakley, Owen Joshua, Mary Alice, William Alvin, Lydia Ann, Joseph Osborn, Parley Lambert; Sitting L to R: Daniel Henry, Joshua Alvin, Louisa Hancock, Fannie Burgess, Rulon Burl, Mary Jane, Front:...
No Purse or Scrip
(Hattie Stinger Tolman shares her memory of her father’s return from the mission field. William Alvin Tolman is pictured third from the left on the second row). “I remember two experiences pa told us about when he was on his mission. About the time he was...
The Marion Dance Hall Today
As of September 2016, the Marion Dance Hall serves as a venue for wedding receptions and other community events.
The Last Marion Bishopric and the People of Marion
An account from the writings of J. Earl Whiteley, Stake Clerk, as published in the Oakley Herald. He writes about the character of the people of Marion, Idaho.
Marion Ward Primary Children
This picture of the Marion Ward Primary children was taken between 1948 and 1950 and shows four of Parley Lambert Tolman and Lydia Vilate Tolman’s grandchildren including Kay Badger (top row, 3rd from the left), Carl Tolman (top row, 4th from the left), Beth...
The First Marion Bishopric
Joshua Alvin Tolman served as first counselor in the first Bishopric in Marion established in 1887.
Marion Chapel Memories
The Marion Chapel was built in 1906 and closed in 1954. Hattie Stinger Tolman shares some of her memories of this building from her history.