Baker City in Baker County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)
Baker
Historic Oregon Trail
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, June 29, 2017
1. Baker Marker
Inscription.
Baker. Historic Oregon Trail. In October 1861, a group of prospectors in search of the mythical Blue Bucket Mine, made camp on a creek six miles southwest of here. That evening, Henry Griffin discovered gold in the gulch which bears his name. That started a stampede which continued for years. In 1862, Baker County was created and named for Colonel E.D. Baker, U.S. Senator from Oregon. The present town of Baker was an important Home Station on the stage line between Salt Lake City and Kenton, Utah to The Dalles, Oregon, and a great distributing center when jerk-line freight teams hauled supplies into the vast interior.
In October 1861, a group of prospectors in search of the mythical Blue Bucket Mine, made camp on a creek six miles southwest of here. That evening, Henry Griffin discovered gold in the gulch which bears his name. That started a stampede which continued for years. In 1862, Baker County was created and named for Colonel E.D. Baker, U.S. Senator from Oregon. The present town of Baker was an important Home Station on the stage line between Salt Lake City and Kenton, Utah to The Dalles, Oregon, and a great distributing center when jerk-line freight teams hauled supplies into the vast interior.
Location. 44° 46.949′ N, 117° 48.739′ W. Marker is in Baker City, Oregon, in Baker County. Marker can be reached from Campbell Street near Sunridge Lane, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 490 Campbell Street, Baker City OR 97814, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. The marker is located next to the Baker County Chamber of Commerce.
Also see . . . Oregon Travel Experience - Baker. (Submitted on January 12, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.)
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, June 29, 2017
2. Baker Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 322 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 10, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
