YMCA Building

Historical marker location:

2005 Valley Avenue, Baker City, Oregon

( Marker is at the intersection of Valley Avenue and !st Street, on the left when traveling west on Valley Avenue.)

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.