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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