Baker City Hall

Historical marker location:

1655 1st Street, Baker City, Oregon

( Marker is on 1st Street near Auburn Avenue when traveling north.)

Baker City Historic District. Established 1874.

The name "Oregon" comes from a mistake. The name was first used by French Canadian explorers who mispronounced the word "Ouragan" which means "hurricane" in French. They used it to describe the powerful Columbia River, and the name stuck.