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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KM_oregon-trail-memorial_Baker-City-OR.html
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KJ_the-lure-of-gold_Baker-City-OR.html
Beginning in 1843, thousands of Oregon Trail emigrants trekked through this region toward new lives in the West. This epic journey indelibly etched the landscape with wagon ruts, such as those near by. When Henry Griffin, a prospector from Califor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KI_ruts-of-the-oregon-trail_Baker-City-OR.html
Of the 2170 miles of the Oregon Trail, approximately 300 miles of ruts remain. Swales created by thousands of wagon wheels and the trampling of draft animals are deep in some areas, shallow in other places. Much of the trail has disappeared due to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KH_weatherby-oregon-trail-kiosk_Huntington-OR.html
(Six panels dealing with the Burnt River portion of the Oregon Trail are found beneath this kiosk)
Dear Little Willie
Emigration on the Oregon Trail peaked in 1852 with 10,000 would-be Oregonians. Poor sanitation and contaminated wat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21KD_durkee_Durkee-OR.html
This spot was famous in early days as Express Ranch an important relay station on the Umatilla-Boise Basin stage and freight route. It was also a favorite camping place for emigrants and teamsters.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21K8_flynn-building_Baker-City-OR.html
The central two-story portion of their building was constructed in 1910. In the 1940s, single-story wings of reinforced concrete were added to both sides of the original structure.
In its early years, the building housed the Chas. I. Flynn and C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21K7_shoemaker-building_Baker-City-OR.html
William Shoemaker, a partner in a Baker City wholesale grocery and grain business, built this building in 1906. Before moving to Baker City, Shoemaker had been in business at Rock Creek, a small community in north Baker Valley. He built and operat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21K5_antlers-hotel_Baker-City-OR.html
In the early days of the 20th Century, the Antlers Hotel was a bustling three-story hotel which boasted a fine restaurant and bar. The hotel had an elevator. The upper corridors were naturally lighted by "light wells" and skylights.
I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21K4_miller-apartment-building_Baker-City-OR.html
This building was the location in the 1920s of the Lew Brothers Tire Co., which later moved to Bridge Street. After the tire company relocated, the building was purchased by Glenn Miller, owner of Miller's Lunch in the adjacent building to the eas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21K3_ymca-building_Baker-City-OR.html
A committee of civic-minded Baker City residents began meeting in 1911 to organize a fund-raising campaign to build a Young Men's Christian Association building. The committee soon had secured pledges of more than $30,000.
Plans for the three-s…