1915. Baker, Oregon. Bandits Make good Haul

[jeff of pa]

Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.), 05 April 1915.



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[Tuberale]

I wonder where Durkee is? Never heard of it. Is it in Idaho?

 

[jeff of pa]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durkee,_Oregon
Durkee, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Baker County

Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905.Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84. Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson. It one of Baker County's largest private employers. Durkee was originally a stage stop called Express, and by the 1860s it was the only transfer point between Umatilla, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho. It prospered as a water stop and telegraph station for the railroad, and later as a stop on Highway 30, the only paved road in the area. The community was platted in 1908, even though the population had already peaked.




East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR), 01 Aug. 1905.

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[bowwinkles]

I lived there and went to school there. Very interesting history.

 

[Tuberale]

Thanks Jeff and bowwinkles.

 

[jeff of pa]

 

[bowwinkles]

My school. https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/9631252851

 

[Tuberale]

Wow, bullwinkles. You may be older than my 67 years.

 

[bowwinkles]

Wow, bullwinkles. You may be older than my 67 years.

You might be correct, I also did the first grade in this school. (scroll) untill Weatherby school comes up) https://www.thepdxphotographer.com/Oregons-One-Room-Schoolhouse-History/Baker-County/i-dwhGXxH/A

 

[ArfieBoy]

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Yep, that's it! I've ridden by it on my motorcycle many times! I'm from La Grande, OR just northwest of there.