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Object ID |
2024.3.1 |
Title |
Andrews, Wesley, booklet titled: "On the Old Oregon Trail: Scenes Between Baker and Snake River." Mildred Stuchell Rogers (January 2, 1900 -- June 22, 2000). |
Description |
Wesley Andrews booklet, ca. 1920, titled: "On the Old Oregon Trail: Scenes Between Baker and Snake River." Booklet contains 24 miniature photos. Plus an image on the booklet cover. Pages 3 to 8 have four images on each page. Following are the captions for each page. Page 1, Photo 1: Bird's eye view Baker ORE. (Elkhorn Mountains in the background.) Page 1, Photo 2: Natatorium, Baker, ORE. Page 1, Photo 3: Old Oregon Trail Monument. (Standing in front of school at 4th & Broadway. It's now in Geiser-Pollman Park.) Page 1, Photo 4: Swimming Pool Interior. (In Natatorium; pool filled in during WWII.) Page 2, Photo 1: East Bound Train Crossing Old Oregon Trail looking west toward Blue Mountains. Page 2, Photo 2: East meets West. Kansas schooner passing Oregon auto on the Old Oregon Trail near Pleasant Valley. Page 2, Photo 3: Immigrant home seekers coming west on Old Oregon Trail near Baker, Oregon. Page 2, Photo 4: Scene on the Old Oregon Trail, Baker County, Oregon. (Probably west of Durkee.) Page 3, Photo 1: Nelson Point looking east. (Today near site of Ashgrove cement plant.) Page 3, Photo 2: Nelson Point looking west. (Today near site of Ashgrove cement plant.) Page 3, Photo 3: Nelson Point on Burnt River. (Looking west toward Durkee Valley.) Page 3, Photo 4: Rye Valley bridge over Burnt River where road joins Old Oregon Trail. Page 4, Photo 1: Lava cut on new highway on the Old Oregon Trail. Page 4, Photo 2: Encina Pass on Old Oregon Trail. (Between Durkee and Baker.) Page 4, Photo 3: Lava cut on the new highway on the Old Oregon Trail. Page 4, Photo 4: Crane Lake near railroad tunnel. (The tunnel is still there, but no lake today.) Page 5, Photo 1: Scene along Burnt River. Page 5, Photo 2: Burnt River bend scene on the Old Oregon Trail. Page 5, Photo 3: Lava cut on new highway on Old Oregon Trail. Page 5, Photo 4: Viaduct over railroad bridge over Burnt River, Old Oregon Trail near Huntington, ORE. Page 6, Photo 1: Viaduct over Burnt River railroad bridge Old Oregon Trail near Huntington, Oregon. Page 6, Photo 2: Site of old Doby stage station on Snake River on Old Oregon Trail near Huntington, ORE. (Anyone know where Doby stage stop was? Contact Library.) Page 6, Photo 3: Viaduct over Burnt River railroad bridge on Old Oregon Trail near Huntington, ORE. Page 6, Photo 4: Snake River at Olds' Ferry Old Oregon Trail. (Called Fairwell Bend today, where Snake River flows north into Hells Canyon.) |
Date |
1920 ca. |
Place |
Baker County, OR |