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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 229 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAKER See also:CITY , a city and the See also:county-seat of Baker county, See also:Oregon, U.S.A., about 337 M. E. by S. of See also:Portland. Pop. (1890, 2604; (1000) 6663 (1017 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 6742. The city is served by the Oregon Railroad & See also:Navigation See also:Company, and by the See also:Sumpter Valley railway, a See also:short See also:line (6z m.) extending from Baker City to See also:Austin, Oregon. Baker City. lies in the valley of See also:Powder See also:river, at the See also:base of the See also:Blue Mountains, and has an See also:elevation.of about 3440 ft. above the See also:sea. It is the largest city in eastern Oregon, and is the centre of important See also:mining, See also:lumber, farming and live-stock interests. It was laid out as a See also:town in 1865, became the county-seat in 1868, and was chartered as a city in 1874.

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