Baker City

Oregon, United States
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Baker City, city, seat (1868) of Baker county, northeastern Oregon, U.S. It is situated along the Powder River, in Baker Valley, between the Blue Mountains (west) and the Wallowa Mountains (east). Lying on the old Oregon Trail and settled during the Oregon gold rush (1861–62), it was laid out in 1865 and named for U.S. Senator Edward D. Baker; developing as a service centre, by 1900 Baker City was the largest settlement between Portland, Oregon, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The city is the headquarters for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Baker City has developed dairy, lumber, and tourist industries and ...(100 of 172 words)