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Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County O on G Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County CO on g O 2 ° ••-• =O 2 BAKER COUNTY GRANT Ca MALHEUR CO. Baker County Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County a -; 4 Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County Area: 3,089 square miles Population (1998) 16,448 County Seat: Baker City, Population: 9,870 County Established: 22 September 1862 The Oregon Trail crossed what is now Baker County. Cemeteries were not established until after gold was discovered in 1861. The cemeteries of the boom town of Auburn were apparently the first public cemeteries. There were a number of short-lived mining towns that had cemeteries. Chinese miners started cemeteries for their dead. In the 1870's livestock ranchers arrived and established most of the present day public cemeteries. Eagle Valley Janice M. Healy (2000) 5 Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County 6 Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County Name of Cemetery and also known as I Number of burials I Amer I Condidon I Date Malted or marline known burial I Township I Raw I Section ALDER CREEK B 0.5 ? Circa 1892 T105 R41E S35 AKA: 1. PLEASANT Leave U.S. 30 at the south Baker City VALLEY Interchange. Continue ahead on Old U.S. 30, (now a county road) for 10 miles, passing under the 1-84 Freeway. Turn right on Alder Creek Road, again passing under the 1-84 Freeway, for 3.2 miles. Turn right on Dry Creek Cutoff, crossing Alder Creek, and go 0.25 of a mile up to the top of the ridge, where the cemetery is. There are 26 known graves, as per Yesterdays Roll Call, Published by the Genealogical Forum of Portland Oregon, Inc. (1970). (Encina 1967- 84 USGS Quad. map.) ASHBY CHILD A ? ? ? 7 R47E This could be in Township 7 South or Township 8 South, and in Section 3 or 34. A child of Bill Ashby that drowned in Pine Creek and was buried on the Ashby Homestead. The burial is just west of the confluence of Fish Creek with Pine Creek. NOTE: This site is on private property. (Not shown on McLain Gulch 1987 USGS Quad. map.) AUBURN B 0.5 5 1862 T10S R39E 618 Located at the site of Auburn. Originally there were 2 Chinese cemeteries and 1 for whites. The Chinese were moved back to China. Only 5 graves in the white cemetery are visible today 1910-1960's. (Blue Canyon 1967-84 USGS Quad. map.) AUNT POLLY A 0.01 ? ? T12S R38E Possibly located in Section 29, in the Hereford area on a hill above the old Butts Place. Her name has been lost. NOTE: No other information was given with the report. (Not shown on Hereford 1972 USGS Quad. map.) BASTIAN FAMILY A 7 ? ? T12S R45E 7 The father and sister of Mary D. Bastian were buried at their homestead in the Hibbard Creek area. They may have later been reburied in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Baker City. 7 Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County Name of Cemetery and also known as I Number of burials I Acres I Condition pate started or earliest known burial I Township I Range Section NOTE: No other information was given with the report. (Not shown on Connor Creek 1987 USGS Quad. map.) BIG CREEK El ? ? Sep 1878 T7S R41E S2 AKA: 1. BEAGLE CREEK Located 0.25 of a mile off OR. Hwy. 203 and 2 or 3 miles south of Medical Springs, on a hill on the east side of the highway. The land was donated by Jim Sams. There are 54 known burials; 3 unknown burials (1970); with 14 markers, 1880-1914. Could this cemetery be in Union County? (Not shown on Keating Northwest 1967 or Medical Springs 1965-84 USGS Quad. maps.) SIG FLAT ? 0.6 ? Circa 1905 T12S R37E S10 AKA: 1. AUDREY Go 5 miles west of Hereford on OR. Hwy. 245, and then 3.25 miles north on Big Flat Road. This site is located on the east side, 400 feet south of the school (in the area served by the old Audrey P.O.). This is on the homestead of Dr. Ulysses Grant Strieby, who donated 2 acres for a cemetery, and donated land 400 feet north of the cemetery for a school. There are 3 adults and 4 children known to be buried here. This site was fenced in 1969. (Unity Reservoir 1972-84 USGS Quad. map.) BOBBINGTON, THOMAS A 0.01 7 2 June 1894 T6S R45E S34 A 79 year-old miner who died of a heart attack is buried on the bank of Pine Creek one eighth of a mile south of Cornucopia. (Not shown on Cornucopia 1990 USGS Quad. maps.) BOOT HILL A ? 5 1860'S T8S R44E Located near Sparta. There are 3 graves on a hill south of the townsite of Sparta. The men were killed in a gunfight. This is separate from the Sparta Cemetery. (Not shown on Sparta 1988 USGS Quad. map.) 8 Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County Name of Cemetery and also known as I Number of burials Acres Condition !Date started or wriest known burial Township Range Seaton BOURNE A ? 5 ? T8S R37E ? Possibly found in Section 32 or 33. Three graves were located in this ghost town, no markers of any kind remain. (Not shown on Bourne 1972-84 USGS Quad. map.) BOYER FAMILY A 0.25 5 Circa 1890 T12S R38E Perhaps located in Section 28 or 29 along Hereford Loop. Thomas Boyer donated the land for this small cemetery. It was fenced in 1970 and cared for by family members. There are 5 known burials on the Fred Boyer Ranch (1969). NOTE: This site is on private property. (Not shown on Hereford 1972 USGS Quad. map.) BRIDGEPORT C 0.5 5 1878-1931 T12S R41E S30 Located on the north side of Burnt River, 0.4 of a mile north of Bridgeport and about 0.25 of a mile north of the bridge over Burnt River, on the left side of the road. There are 18 known burials. The bodies were moved 1877-1884 from Clarksville, as that cemetery was mined out. This cemetery is on the Dave Ennis Homestead. The land was donated by the Wendt brothers. (Bridgeport 1990 USGS Quad. map.) BURKEMONT ? ? ? Circa 1909 T7S R42E S28 Burkemont was a gold-mining community approximately 20 miles northeast of Baker City. The platted site occupied the Southeast 1/4 of Section 28. There was a post office for Burkemont from October 1900 to August 1957. Baker County death certificate #576 for 28 August 1909 records the death of Ezra VanDeventer, aged about 45, and his burial the next day at the cemetery. (Not shown on Sawtooth Ridge 1967-1984 USGS Quad. map) CHINESE [BAKER CITY] ? 0.2 5 7 T98 R408 S15 Go east from down town on Campbell Street under the 1-84 Freeway and on the east side of the interchange the cemetery site is on the left (north) side of Campbell Street. Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County Name of Cemetery and also known as I Number of burials I Aenw I Condition I Date started or earliest known burial I Township I Range Section Presumably all or most of the remains were later shipped back to China as was the custom. (Not shown on Baker City 1994 USGS Quad. map.) CHINESE [SPARTA] ? ? 5 ? T8S R44E Perhaps located in Section 15. There was formerly a Chinese cemetery on a hill just east of Sparta. The remains were shipped back to China. (Not shown on Sparta 1988 USGS Quad. map.) CLARK CHILDREN A 7 5 ? T8S R46E Perhaps located in Section 9 or 10 on the north side of OR. Hwy. 86, 1.5 miles east of Halfway. There are 2 or 3 of the Clark children buried on the Ed Greener Place (1966) in Pine Valley. The graves are now lost, or perhaps were removed to the Pine Haven Cemetery. NOTE: This site is on private property. (Not shown on Halfway 1987 USGS Quad. map.) CLARKSVILLE ? 0.15 ? 7 T12S R41E S34 Located 0.35 of a mile south of Clarksville on a hill by Towne Gulch. (Bridgeport 1990 USGS Quad. map.) CLAWSON BABIES A 0.01 7 29 May 1916 ? ? Baker County death certificates #82 and #83 for 1916 report the deaths of two unnamed male premature infants. They are buried "at home 12 miles south of Baker." The parents were Ellis L. Clawson and Martha Lucile Stam. COLT, ISAAC A 0.01 2 1890 T13S R37E S5 Isaac Colt was killed in a snow slide. He is buried on the ranch of his brother, Porter Colt, about 9 miles west of Hereford and just to the right (west) of OR. Hwy. 245. The grave is on a height surrounded by a steel fence and is plainly visible from the highway (1966). NOTE: This site is on private property. (Not shown on Unity 1972-84 USGS Quad. map.) 10 Oregon Burial Site Guide Baker County Name of Cemetery and also known as I Number of burials I Au" I Cmditiori IDate started or earliest known burial I Township I Range I Section CONNOR CREEK ? ? ? T11S R45E 534 Drive 17 miles from Huntington via Snake River Road. Turn inland on Connor Creek Road. This old burial ground contains a "good many" miners, including Chinese, at an old mining camp about 3 miles from the Snake River. NOTE: No other information was given in the report. {12 September 2000, Found this to be a one lane road with a creek to ford in several spots, we do not recommend this for the average passenger car, the road is closed by a big steel gate at 3.1 miles signed "NO PUBLIC ACCESS".
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