The Newest Member of the Team

Tori, Mr. Mark Perrault, and I beneath

a tree where we believe two road agents

were hung back in the late 1800s

One of the documentary interviews

An exploratory outing
This once used to be Robert Dempsey's place
Another key character of the time


Inside the "new found" actual Laurin house,
Tori, Jared, and myself with the framed list
of the house's previous owners

One day while running into Ennis for coffee we ran into the Blue Heron gift shop and amongst all the books we were pointed in the direction or Mr. Mark Perrault's book, Ruby Valley, Stinkingwater country. The find of the century! Mr. Perrault wrote an entire book about the local history including lots of information about a Mr. J.P. Laurin, whom the town of Laurin was named after. Until the point in time we had little information about such an important person who was present at the treaty signing. After all, it was signed at his house! Mr. Perrault's research opened our eyes to the fact that Laurin had lived in more that one spot when he was alive and in the area. The spot that we had thought was the Laurin house was not in fact his house, rather it was one down the street, and the site where the house that treaty was signed at was yet at another place! Mr. Perrault still lives in the area and graciously took us about as our own personal tour guide and even helped us make our documentary with a few interviews! We definitely were very lucky in meeting Mr. Perrault!