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The Baker Cabin Overview

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near Oregon City, Oregon.
Little is known about the first ten years after Horace and Jane Baker arrived in the 1846 Barlow Trail wagon train, and the construction of this cabin. Perhaps, like most pioneers they lived out of their wagon or tents the . . .

(Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Baker Family

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near Oregon City, Oregon.
The Barlow Trail branch of the Oregon Trail formally ended at the Phillip Foster Farm near Eagle Creek. From that point immigrants fanned out, taking several routes to Oregon City and beyond. One route passed this spot on . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Area Commerce

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near Oregon City, Oregon.
Commerce came quickly to the area as pioneers cleared land and became established. Pasture and grazing was common but presented transportation problems before refrigeration and good roads or bridges. The Clear Creek Creamery . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Millstones

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San Marino, California.
Originally located in the upper story of El Molino Viejo, these volcanic tufa millstones ground grain for the indian community of Mission San Gabriel. The stones were turned by water flowing from nearby canyons. When the . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wisely Reasoned

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Blue River, Oregon.
I was hired as a stone mason LEM for the Civilian Conservation Corps. What’s a LEM you ask? Local Experienced Men. Know all ‘bout stone masonry and it was wisely reasoned to pepper experienced man about the young Corps . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Essex Street

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, United Kingdom.
ESSEX STREET was laid out in the grounds by NICHOLAS BARBON in 1675 Among many famous lawyers who lived here were Sir ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN c.1606-1674 Lord Keeper, HENRY FIELDING 1707-1754 Novelist and BRASS CROSBY 1725-1793 . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Fittin' Tribute

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Blue River, Oregon.
When Dee Wright began work in 1910, he did not know where 24 years in the Forest Service would take him. Packing supplies for fire camps, work crews and lookouts; locating part of the Pacific Crest trail; and stories around . . .

(Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Schulinstrasse 14

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Walmdachhaus mit geohrten Fenster- und Türrahmungen Ausleger mit Braustern, Kartusche über der Eingangstür mit Bäckerzunftzeichen Gemeiner Stadtlehen, Ratsherrenwohnung 1597 herrschaftliches Amtshaus 1666 in Privatbesitz . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pioneer Mailman

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Blue River, Oregon.
On the knoll behind this sign once stood a rustic cabin in which pioneer mailman John Templeton Craig died in December 1877. Craig, who was 56, had been employed to carry the mail between McKenzie Bridge and Camp Polk, near . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Wagon Road

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Blue River, Oregon.
This is a portion of the McKenzie Salt Springs and Deschutes Wagon Road constructed during the period 1866-1872. The route across these lava fields was rough and torturous. However it was 1,000 feet lower in elevation than . . .

(Notable Places • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dee Wright Observatory

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Blue River, Oregon.
This observation point has been provided to facilitate public enjoyment of the unusual and interesting combination of historical and geological features nearby. The development was planned and supervised by the Willamette . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Notable Buildings • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Scott Road

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Blue River, Oregon.
In 1862 Felix Scott led a crew of 50 men who blazed a trail across the Cascade Mountains following an old Indian trail witch skirted lava flows. Scott hoped to use the new route to take supplies to gold fields in Idaho. His . . .

(Native Americans • Notable Persons • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Milton L. Olive III Park

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Chicago, Illinois.
Medal of Honor-Recipient Posthumous, Milton L. Olive III Park, PFC U.S. Army Company B, 2b Battalion (Airborne) 503d Infantry, 173 Airborne Brigade, Vietnam, 1965. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the . . .

(War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grinding Rock

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near Oregon City, Oregon.
Native Americans are understood to have used this large rock for grinding acorns, nuts, or grains, and preparing other foods. The several holes are evidence of long term use. This rock may have been close to Native American . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Baker Site

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near Oregon City, Oregon.
The Baker's water supply consisted of a hand dug well located close to the cabin. Likely located by dowsing , there is a strong underground stream easily found even today with a 'water-witch.' The well extended down . . .

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Newport, Oregon

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Newport, Oregon.
The city of Newport was named on July 4, 1866. On that day the townspeople and many visitors gathered to celebrate the ninetieth anniversary of National Independence Day and to name this small fishing and lumbering . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sir Francis Drake 1540-1596

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Coos Bay, Oregon.
The Devon privateer took his flotilla from Plymouth Harbor August 5, 1577 bound for the River Plate. He raided Spanish shipping and treasure houses around South America, including Valparaiso, Peru and Acapulco roads. June 5, . . .

(Exploration • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Baker Cabin Historical Society

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Oregon City, Oregon.
Welcome to the Baker Cabin Historical Site. This is one panel of many that are spaced throughout the site. You are invited to see them all. The Baker Cabin Historical Society is the present day organization founded from the . . .

(Landmarks • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Coos Bay Waters to Coquille Waters Trail

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near Coos Bay, Oregon.
To commemorate old trail Coos Bay waters to Coquille waters 1850-1874

(Native Americans • Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

River Ruler

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near Bend, Oregon.
This cableway was installed in 1905 by the United States Geological Survey to measure the river's flow. Today instruments sense and record the elevation of the water surface. This information is relayed by satellite into . . .

(Environment • Science & Medicine • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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