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'''Location:''' Located .5 miles west of Phoenix, Oregon on Camp Baker Road at Coleman Creek.
'''Location:''' Located west of Phoenix, Oregon .9 miles west of the intersection of Camp Baker Road and Coleman Creek Road.


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Revision as of 21:11, 22 October 2007




Camp Baker (2) (1862-1865) - Established in 1862 by the 1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry and named after Maj. Gen. E.D. Baker. Abandoned some time after 1865.

Camp Baker (2) History

Camp Baker was established in 1862 during the U.S. Civil War to watch over Confederate sympathizers in nearby Jacksonville. It became the 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, 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

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