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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21II_old-oregon-trail_Baker-City-OR.html
Dedicated to the memory of the intrepid pioneers who blazed the way over the Old Oregon Trail with the first covered wagons in 1843 and won an empire for the United States.
Erected by the American Legion
July 4, 1925
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21IH_weller-henry-building_Baker-City-OR.html
A fire that started in a billiard hall destroyed all the structures on this block in 1886. Several property owners chose to rebuild, and four adjoining brick buildings were constructed the following year. This building was constructed for Messrs. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21IG_mann-block_Baker-City-OR.html
The Mann Block, built in 1890, originally housed one of the many saloons located in this block during Baker City's early, rowdy years. Like most of the establishments, the saloon operated on the first floor, with a bawdy house and gambling rooms a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HX_first-national-bank-building_Baker-City-OR.html
When constructed, this building was the third bank building to occupy this site. J.W. Virtue, a pioneer gold mining entrepreneur, built the first bank in 1873. It was the first stone building on Main Street. The building was ruined by a fire in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HW_walker-block_Baker-City-OR.html
This property, which consists of parts of two adjacent structures built in the 1880s, was the location of many Baker City businesses over the years. One of the first was Basche-Sage Hardware Co., which was to grow into one of the Northwest's large…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HV_j-c-penney-building_Baker-City-OR.html
The lot which this building occupies was first the location of a wood frame structure housing the McCord Brothers blacksmith shop. In 1867, Dr. J.M. Boyd and John W. Wisdom leased the structure to open Baker City's first drug store. Wisdom continu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HU_old-post-office_Baker-City-OR.html
The Old Post Office building served as Baker City's post office for 58 years, from completion of construction in 1910 until 1968, when the Post Office relocated to a new Federal Building a block to the south. The building also housed offices of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HT_baker-loan-and-trust-building_Baker-City-OR.html
Prominent local businessman William Pollman contracted to have the Baker Loan and Trust Building built in 1910, after a major fire destroyed another building on the site, along with two buildings to the south.
The building was designed by archi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HM_the-smoke-shop_Baker-City-OR.html
This building, constructed in the 1890s, was the location of the Smoke Shop for approximately 50 years. The Smoke Shop was a typical men's gathering place of the period, offering tobacco, beverages, billiards and card games.
The first business …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM212L_a-working-dredge_Sumpter-OR.html
The dredge is a huge but simple machine for mining an ancient river bed for gold. It is an expensive, powerful improvement on the shovel and rocker box.
Miners used to call the dredge a "goose"—-and for good reason. The dredge is "fed" a…