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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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DAR Marker only, indicates that the site is 200 yards south of the marker | DAR Marker only at the intersection of Camp Baker Road & Charlotte Lane near Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon. The marker indicates that the site is 200 yards south of the marker | ||
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(M) 42.26571, -122.83595, Camp Baker Marker | (M) 42.26571, -122.83595, Camp Baker Marker | ||
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'''Location:''' Camp Baker Road & Charlotte Lane near Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon. The marker is located at the intersection and the actual site is 200 yards south near where Charlotte Lane crosses the Coleman Creek. | '''Location:''' Camp Baker Road & Charlotte Lane near Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon. The marker is located at the intersection and the actual site is 200 yards south near where Charlotte Lane crosses the Coleman Creek. | ||
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Revision as of 16:23, 11 November 2013
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 at the intersection of Camp Baker Road & Charlotte Lane near Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon. The marker indicates that the site is 200 yards south of the marker
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Location: Camp Baker Road & Charlotte Lane near Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon. The marker is located at the intersection and the actual site is 200 yards south near where Charlotte Lane crosses the Coleman Creek. Maps & Images Lat: 42.264139 Long: -122.835941 |
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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