 However, the earliest written record of this event is from 1927, and the total absence of information about either the slaughtered pioneers or the five survivors has led the Idaho State Historical Society to recommend the removal of the marker, which the town has refused to do.Almo was established around a post office in 1881.It had previously been part of a ranch belonging to Myron B. Durfee and had often been considered to be in Utah.