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Baker (City of Oregon the countyseat)

a city of Oregon, the countyseat of Baker co., on the Powder river and on the line of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. It is the center mining region and has also an extensive trade in lumber, wool, live stock, and mineral products. The surrounding country produces agricultural products in large quantities. There is an opera house, a Masonic temple, a hospital, and other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 6,742; (1920) 7,729.