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=={{PAGENAME}} History== | =={{PAGENAME}} History== | ||
Camp Baker was established in 1861 during the [[U.S. Civil War]] to watch over Confederate sympathizers in nearby Jacksonville. It became the recruiting center for southwestern Oregon. | Camp Baker was established in 1861 during the [[U.S. Civil War]] to watch over Confederate sympathizers in nearby Jacksonville. It became the Union recruiting center for southwestern Oregon. | ||
The camp buildings were built of pine logs and Coleman Creek flowed through the camp. | The camp buildings were built of pine logs and Coleman Creek flowed through the camp. | ||
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* {{Roberts}}, page 662-663 | * {{Roberts}}, page 662-663 | ||
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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/or.html#baker North American Forts - Camp Baker] | |||
{{Visited|No}} | {{Visited|No}} | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 8 June 2011
Camp Baker (2) (1861-1865) - Established in Dec 1861 by the 1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry and named after Major General E.D. Baker. Abandoned in the summer of 1865.
Camp Baker (2) History
Camp Baker was established in 1861 during the U.S. Civil War to watch over Confederate sympathizers in nearby Jacksonville. It became the Union recruiting center for southwestern Oregon.
The camp buildings were built of pine logs and Coleman Creek flowed through the camp.
Current Status
DAR Marker only.
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Location: Located west of Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon .9 miles west of the intersection of Camp Baker Road and Coleman Creek Road. Maps & Images Lat: 42.2657 Long: -122.8506 |
Sources:
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 132
- McArthur, Lewis A. & McArthur, Lewis L., Oregon Geographic Names, Oregon Historical Society Press; 7 edition (December 2003), 1073 pages, ISBN 0875952771, ISBN 978-0875952772, page 141
- Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 662-663
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