Martha Jane Roberts, Memorial

Title: Martha Jane Roberts, Memorial
Biographical Text: Bronze eight by eighteen inch plaque on concrete pedestal.

The plaque was made to memorialize Roberts, and was originally displayed in the Hotel Washington lobby. Roberts was the first white woman to be buried in Weiser Valley after passing away at the age of 18 during her travels through in a wagon train. Her burial site is located on a hill overlooking the valley Southeast of Cambridge.

In 1955 a concrete base was created for the marker which was relocated to just outside the Cambridge Museum, where it has resided since.
Text: MARTHA JANE ROBERTS
1844 - 1862
FIRST WHITE PERSON BURIED
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO
Date Created: 1954
Date Modified: 1955
Type: English Signage; English Grave
Bibliographic Citation: "Historical Marker To Be Displayed Here This Week," The Weiser American. Dec. 13, 1954.; "Base For Pioneer Grave Marker Slated This Week," The Weiser American. Oct. 3, 1955.; Martha Jane Roberts, Find a Grave; Martha Jane Roberts, The Historical Marker Database
Project Researcher: O'Neill, Iris

Where are the women?