Dielman's Essays on Eastern Oregon History
A variety of essays on Oregon history and culture written by local historian Gary Dielman.
Oregon Trail and Trains
- Eastern Oregon Before the Oregon Trail
- 1864 Baker City Township Map *NEW
- Lone Pine of the Oregon Trail
- Speech to Baker County Historical Society About the Oregon Trail
- Speech to National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Siting Committee
- Slough House Stage Stop
- 1866 Oregon Trail Diary of Delila Wait
- Robert Stuart Discovers the Future Route of the Oregon Trail
- Ezra Meeker: Pioneer of 1852 and Later Promoter of Oregon Trail Monuments
Late 1800’s
- William Henderson Packwood: Baker County’s Pioneering Entrepreneur
- 1864 Diary of James W Virtue at Clarksville and Auburn
- Durkee, Virtue, and Dooley: 1878 Assault With a Deadly Weapon Case
- 4th of July and Other Celebrations at Auburn in 1864
- Reputed Dixie Creek Hanging Tree: Was Anyone Ever Hanged on the Tree?
- Transcontinental Railroad Completed Near Huntington in November 1884
- Baker City Newsman Takes a Train Ride on New Transcontinental Railroad
- High Finance in New York City Nixes Narrow Gauge Railroad in Eastern Oregon
- Murder of E. D. Cohen (Seligmann Heilner) on Main Street in 1886
- Fatal Shooting in Saloon in Bourne in 1888
- French Family Tragedy: All Seven Members Die When Goodrich Dam Bursts in 1888
- 130 Years of Neuberger Merchants in Baker City: 1874-2004
- John Rand: Baker City Lawyer and Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Baker County's McCarty Gang
Early 1900’s
- Former Baker County Sheriff Alfred H. Huntington Charged With Embezzlement in 1902
- 1904 Hanging of Pleasant Armstrong: Only Person Legally Hanged in Baker County
- Morning Democrat and Baker City Herald Rivalry Before Their Merger in 1929
- Former Baker County Sheriff Harvey K Brown: Assassinated on September 30, 1907
- Dan Kelly: Baker Boy’s 1906 World Record in 100-yard Dash Not Broken for 23 Years
- Construction of Smith Ditch: 1905-1906
- Lynching of Transient at Audrey in 1914
- The Founding of Copperfield in 1907
- The Reputed Lawless Town of Copperfield
- Fern Hobbs: Former Baker City Woman Sent by Governor to Tame Copperfield in 1914
- Killamaque Reservior burst in 1917
Baker City
- Baker's Japanese Community 1900-1942
- Chinatown: Baker City’s Chinese Ghetto for Over 70 Years
- Juvenile Hose Company No. 3: Its Firefighting Club Journal from 1890 to 1898
- Short History of Old Post Office Square
- 1700 Block of Main Street: Its Burning and Subsequent Rise from the Ashes
- James Faull Mansion on 4th Street: Victim of Teenager’s Arson in 1908
- Tenderloin District: Prostitution Was Illegal but Condoned Until 1906
- Geiser-Pollman Park: Baker City’s First Public Park was Established in 1908
- Rand Building on NW Corner of 1st and Washington: Built in 1906, Burned down in 1985
- Tense Race Relations in Baker City in 1908
- Helen M Stack: Pioneering Baker City Educator
- MacDowell Club: Sponsor of Music Programs in Baker City for Over 20 Years
- Founding Fathers of Baker City
WWII
- 40th Anniversary of WWII: 13 Baker County Men’s Military Service Remembered
- Carl Kostol WWII Bomber Pilot in China
- Pat Morrissey at Battle of the Bulge
- John William Studer, KIA during Marine Assault of South Pacific Island of Bougainville
- Sinking of the Shinyo Maru
Recent History
- Baker High School Fire, Valentine’s Day 1989
- Bob Armstrong, Baker City’s Whistling Mailman
- Volunteers Program at Powder River Correctional Facility
- James Reedy’s Abduction of Ann Ward, October 13, 1998
- Memoir: Growing up in the National Guard Armory
- Memoir: Lone Pine Above Baker City
- Memoir: Powder River Playground
- Memoir: Working at the Democrat-Herald Newspaper
