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==History== The city was founded in 1900 as Elmo, but changed its name to Marion in 1902.<ref name=Wick>{{cite web|last=Wick|first=Douglas A.|title=Marion (Lamoure County)|url=http://www.webfamilytree.com/North_Dakota_Place_Names/M/marion_%28lamoure_county%29.htm|work=North Dakota Place Names|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref> The new name came from Marion Mellen, daughter of [[Northern Pacific Railway]] president [[Charles Sanger Mellen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=272035|title=Profile for Marion, North Dakota|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|accessdate=May 26, 2010}}</ref> Marion was located at the end of a Northern Pacific [[branch line]] starting in [[Casselton, North Dakota|Casselton]] and known as the "lady line" due to the many cities bearing female names located alongside the tracks. The line was in place in Marion until 2002, when eventual owner [[Red River Valley and Western Railroad|Red River Valley & Western]] filed for abandonment.<ref name=STB>{{cite web|title=RED RIVER VALLEY & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN LAMOURE AND BARNES COUNTIES, ND|url=http://www.stb.dot.gov/home.nsf/case?openform&caseID=27711&caseDocket=AB_391_9_X|work=Case AB_391_9_X|publisher=[[Surface Transportation Board]]|accessdate=May 4, 2011}}</ref>
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