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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23ML_baker-valley-rest-area-oregon-trail-kiosk_Baker-City-OR.html
(Six panels dealing with the Baker Valley portion of the Oregon Trail are found beneath this kiosk) Permanent Settlers
In 1861, Henry Griffin, a prospector from California discovered gold eight miles southwest of the present site of Bake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21MK_jett-building_Baker-City-OR.html
John Jett's stonemason's skills are manifest in the inscription carved at the roof level of his building - "J.H. Jett Marble Works, 1901."
The Jett Building was the first in Baker City of volcanic tuff construction. Ten commercial or …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21MI_mccord-house-and-shop_Baker-City-OR.html
"McCord's Corner" contributed much to Baker City history.
S. (Syrenus) B. McCord was the first mayor of Baker City. City residents elected him to four terms, and he also served several terms as county treasurer.
In 1873, McCord bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21MH_gerstle-solomon-building_Baker-City-OR.html
This building was one of Baker City's first masonry structures when constructed about 1879. Solomon's One Price Clothing House originally occupied the first floor of the north half of the building. By the 1990s, footware had been sold in the build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21ME_baker-city-hall_Baker-City-OR.html
Baker City, the "Queen City of the Inland Empire" at the turn of the century, needed a City Hall that reflected the town's eminence. The city fathers commissioned a bold and stately Renaissance Revival building. The structure is noted fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21MC_rogers-hotel_Baker-City-OR.html
Baker City at the beginning of the 20th Century was the hub for a vast area of commerce, including mining, agriculture and forest products. Merchandise flowed into the city for distribution to dozens of smaller communities. Likewise, business trav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21MA_the-telephone-exchange_Baker-City-OR.html
Hand-cranked telephones first rang in Baker City in 1889. Not until 1898, however, did a company succeed in establishing 24-hour, central exchange service. When inaugurated, the system had 40 subscribers and one operator on duty.
The first exch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21L7_gwilliam-brothers-bakery_Baker-City-OR.html
In October 1940 Gwilliam Brothers Bakery celebrated the business's new building with a grand opening. Designed for high-volume bakery operations, the brick structure had a delivery truck garage in the rear and a large central oven set on a concret…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21L6_millers-lunch-building_Baker-City-OR.html
This stucco-over-clay block building was constructed in 1923 as a "temporary" structure after a fire destroyed another building on the site. A block store first occupied the building, then an ice cream parlor.
Glenn Miller, a local candy-maker, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KY_baker_Baker-City-OR.html
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 cont…