EXHIBIT #1--BAKER CITY, 717 historic photos.
Courthouse, 3rd.
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| Object ID |
1999.3.10 |
| Description |
Baker County's third courthouse, built in 1909. The first courthouse was a two-story frame building on the same site. It burned down in July 1885 from a fire started by 18-year-old horse thief Fred Winkleman. Five inmates died in the fire. Winkleman succumbed to his burns a year later in the insane asylum in Salem. The second courthouse on this site was a two-story brick structure built in 1885. |
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3rd, 1995 |
| Early Date |
1910 |
| Late Date |
1920 |
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: Credit Baker County Library, Baker City, Oregon
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Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St., Baker City, Oregon 97814
Ph. 541-523-6419 www.bakerlib.org
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Last modified on: October 27, 2006
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