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In her heyday, she was known as the “Queen City of the Mines,” and many folks still consider her so today. Baker City, in Eastern Oregon, thrived back when miners were picking, sieving and sluicing thousands of dollars of gold from the nearby mines. Nearby, “Whiskey Gulch” is said to have been the best source of gold at the time and is reputed to be the richest producing source of gold in Oregon. “Rich Gulch” and “Gold Creek” are just two of the other local drainages that produced gold too. Baker City Oregon, Peter Murphy, Eastern Oregon, Queen City, Travel Magazine, North West, The Queen, Whiskey, Oregon

In her heyday, she was known as the “Queen City of the Mines,” and many folks still consider her so today. Baker City, in Eastern Oregon, thrived back when miners were picking, sieving and sluicing thousands of dollars of gold from the nearby mines. Nearby, “Whiskey Gulch” is said to have been the best source of gold at the time and is reputed to be the richest producing source of gold in Oregon. “Rich Gulch” and “Gold Creek” are just two of the other local drainages that produced gold too.

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Tucked between the Elkhorn and Wallowa mountains in northeastern Oregon, Baker City found form during an 1860s gold rush. Today, its Main Street is home to a strip of recently opened brewpubs, boutiques, and eateries, most of which are run by converts from Portland, California, and New York. That outsider influence—and old-timers who welcome change, and want to be a part of it—make the town of 10,000 well worth an overnight stop.

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