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1901 Map of Baker City

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Baker City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1909
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1909

About this map

Baker City serves as the focal point of this Eastern Oregon survey, situated at the meeting of the Baker Valley and the steep mountain gulches to the west. The landscape is defined by its industrial transit networks, most notably the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company and the Sumpter Valley Railroad, which facilitated the movement of ore and timber from the surrounding highlands. Mining activity is prominently recorded at the Flagstaff Mine and Virtue Mine on Virtue Flat, highlighting the mineral-rich nature of the terrain during this era.

Agricultural and small-scale settlements like Wingville, Pocahontas, and Haines dot the valley floor near Baldock Slough, while the Powder River carves its way through the Lower Powder Valley toward the northeast. The map also captures several early transit corridors, including the Sutton Creek Road and numerous mountain gulches such as California Gulch and French Gulch, which were critical to the local economy of the early twentieth century.