Baker City, Oregon Baker City, Oregon City Baker City along I-84 in Oregon, surrounded by sections of Wallowa Whitman National Forest.
Baker City along I-84 in Oregon, surrounded by sections of Wallowa Whitman National Forest.
County Baker Website City Website Baker City is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Baker County, Oregon, United States.
Baker, the only U.S.
10 Sister metros/cities Platted in 1865, Baker City interval slowly in the beginning. A postal service was established on March 27, 1866, but Baker City was not incorporated until 1874. Even so, it supplanted Auburn as the governmental center of county in 1868. The town/city and county were titled in honor of U.S.
Baker, the only sitting senator to be killed in a military engagement.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad came to Baker City in 1884, prompting growth; by 1900 it was the biggest city between Salt Lake City and Portland and a trading center for a broad region. In 1911 the town/city dropped "City" from its name, but restored it in 1989. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker was established on June 19, 1903, after which the Cathedral of Saint Francis de Sales was assembled in Baker City. In 1918, Baker was the subject of nationwide interest when the 1918 solar eclipse took place and the U.S.
Naval Observatory based its observations there. The path of totality of the upcoming solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 includes Baker City as well. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total territory area of 7.16 square miles (18.54 km2). The town/city is situated in a valley between the Wallowa Mountains to the east and the Elkhorn Mountains, part of the Blue Mountains to the west, with the Powder River running through the center of downtown on its way to the Snake River.
Baker City has a cold semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk).
July and August are generally the hottest months, when the high temperatures average 84.5 F (29.2 C). The highest recorded temperature, 106 F (41 C), occurred on August 4, 1961. December and January are usually the coldest months, when lows average 17 F ( 8 C). In December 1978, the temperature fell to 39 F ( 39 C), the lowest recorded in the city. May is typically the month of highest precipitation, averaging 1.48 inches (38 mm). Snowfall averages about 25 inches (64 cm) a year. Climate data for Baker City, Oregon As of the census of 2010, there were 9,828 citizens , 4,212 homeholds, and 2,529 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.57% White, 1.12% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.44% African American, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.97% from other competitions, and 2.35% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was 23.7% under the age of 19, 5.0% from 20 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
In 2005, the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,020, and the median income for a family was $34,790.
The per capita income for the town/city was $14,179.
Baker City hosts many annual festivals, including the Miners' Jubilee on the third weekend of July, which jubilates the quarrying history of the region and the recording of the 1969 Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood musical comedy Paint Your Wagon in the city. The Miners' Jubilee was originally launched in 1934 as the Baker Mining Jubilee, but lapsed after 1941 because of World War II and a declining interest in mining.
The couple organized the celebration for two years before handing it over to the Baker County Chamber of Commerce. Baker City Hall The Baker Historic District, on the National Register of Historic Places, is positioned on about 42 acres (17 ha) centered on Main Street in downtown Baker City.
The town/city hall, county courthouse, the former postal service, former library, former civil clubs, a Roman Catholic cathedral, and an Episcopal Church are among notable buildings inside the district. Baker City Tower, a nine-story structure in the historic district, is the tallest building east of the Cascade Range in Oregon. Opening in 1929 as the Baker Community Hotel, it was converted to other uses after financial setbacks amid the Great Depression. The concrete Art Deco structure features terracotta eagles at each ground-floor entrance and is topped by an octagonal observation center with an eight-sided hip roof and a flagpole. Baker City is home to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
Originally called the Washauer Hotel, it became the Geiser Grand in about 1895 after its purchase by the John Geiser family, which had large quarrying investments in Baker County and elsewhere. Baker Heritage Museum, previously the Oregon Trail Regional Museum, is homed in the Natatorium assembled in 1920 on Grove street athwart from the town/city park.
Enjoy exhibits interpreting the rich history of the region including mining, ranching, timber, early Baker City life, Chinese culture, and wildlife.
Make sure to stop by the Adler House Museum, the home of Leo Adler is now the Baker Heritage Museum's biggest artifact.
Learn the amazing story of Leo Adler, Baker City philanthropist who donated millions to the citizens of Baker County in his will.
The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of the city, offers exhibits, theater performances, workshops, and other affairs and activities related to the Oregon Trail, the ruts of which pass through the center's 500-acre (200 ha) site. Established in 1992, the site is managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management and Trail Tenders, a group of volunteers. Other points of interest in Baker City include the Crossroads Art Center, in a former Carnegie library; the downtown U.S.
Bank, featuring a gold display that includes the Armstrong Nugget, weighing 80.4 ounces (2.28 kg); the Eltrym, Baker City's only movie theater, homed in a single-story structure assembled in the late 1940s. The Baker City Cycling Classic is a set of bicycle competitions held in Baker City and the encircling region. Similar bicycle competitions, the Elkhorn Classic, were based in Baker City through 2011. The town/city hosts the Oregon School Activities Association Class 1 - A girls and boys basketball tournaments at Baker High School in March. The Oregon East West Shrine Game (high school football) is held here in July. The Hell's Canyon Motorcycle Rally is also held in Baker City, in June. Sections of the Wallowa Whitman National Forest are to the west and to the northeast of Baker City, which serves as the forest headquarters.
The 45th Parallel sign near Baker City, on Interstate 84 Interstate 84 (I-84) runs along the easterly edge of Baker City, while U.S.
Oregon Route 7 runs between I-84 in Baker City and Sumpter and Austin to the west.
Oregon Route 86 heads north and east past the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center and on to the metros/cities of Richland and Halfway. The town/city owns and operates the 398-acre (161 ha) Baker City Municipal Airport, positioned about 3 miles (5 km) north of downtown in non-urban Baker County. Greyhound Lines offers long-distance bus service via a depot in the city. Northeast Oregon Public Transit provides hourly street car service around Baker City, as well as twice daily bus service to La Grande, on weekdays.
Baker City is served by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), originally the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (OR&N).
In 1887, the UP acquired a long-term lease on the OR&N, which connected to existing UP track and the Oregon Short Line at Huntington. The UP provides freight service but not passenger service to Baker City. Between 1977 and 1997 the town/city was a regular stop along the former route of Amtrak's Pioneer between Chicago, Salt Lake City, Boise, Portland, and Seattle. Baker City is served by Baker School District 5 - J.
It includes Baker High School, Baker Middle School, Brooklyn Primary, and South Baker Intermediate as well as Keating Elementary and Haines Elementary in non-urban Baker County.
Serving about 1,800 students, 5 - J is the biggest of three school districts in Baker County. Baker Middle School was designed by Ellis F.
The chief branch of the Baker County Library fitness is in downtown Baker City.
Baker City has two newspapers: the Baker City Herald, presented on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and The Record Courier, presented on Thursday. It has five airways broadcasts: KBKR AM 1490; KKBC FM 95.3; KWRL FM 99.9; KCMB FM 104.7; and KANL FM 90.7 K44 - AJ Channel 44 Baker City K42 - AI Channel 42 Baker City K46 - AM Channel 46 Baker City K18 - KI Channel 18 Baker Valley K50 - FD-D Channel 50 Baker City K40 - AJ-D Channel 40 Baker City K20 - IV Channel 20 Baker City In 1996, Baker City established a sister town/city relationship with Zeya, Amur Oblast, Russia.
In that same year, Baker School District 5 - J agreed to support evolution of a student exchange program between the two communities. a b c d e f g "Incorporated Cites: Baker City".
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Baker City, Oregon Baker City, Oregon at DMOZ Entry for Baker City in the Oregon Blue Book Municipalities and communities of Baker County, Oregon, United States
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