Baker
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Volcanoguy
N 44° 46.959 W 117° 48.752
11T E 435718 N 4959127
Historic Oregon Trail Sign about Baker, Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM2GNQ
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2007
Views: 28
This sign is located in Baker, Oregon at Chamber of Commerce.
Marker Name: Baker
Marker Text: 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 townof Baker was an important Home Station on the stageline 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.
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