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1901 Map of Baker

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Baker
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The Baker hub and its surrounding gold-mining and agricultural valleys appear here at the close of the 19th century. Surveyed by R.H. Mc Kee and S.S. Gannett, the map captures the transition from pioneer trail routes to established rail networks. The historic Oregon Trail winds through the eastern hills, passing near Virtue Flat, while the Union Pacific and Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. define the modern transport corridors.

Mining history is prominently represented by operations like the Flagstaff Mine and Virtue Mine, alongside numerous named gulches like Auburn Gulch and California Gulch that point to the region's mid-century gold rush legacy. Small settlements including Pocahontas, Wingville, and Haines are scattered across the Baker Valley, supported by the irrigation and drainage of the Powder River and its tributaries flowing from the Whitman National Forest.