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Orofino

Orofino ("fine gold" [ore] in Spanish) is a city in Clearwater County, Idaho, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River. The population was 3,142 at the 2010 census, and the city is the county seat of Clearwater County.

Orofino in Supervolcano[]

Roy Schurz was the Police Chief in Orofino, Idaho when the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupted. As a favor to his buddy Colin Ferguson, he went to Missoula, Montana to get Ferguson's stranded girlfriend Kelly Birnbaum back home to Berkeley, California.[1]

References[]

  1. Eruption, pgs. 225-228.
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