Oregon has had several cities that ... The tiny Old West town of Sumpter is about 30 miles west of Baker City and home to a pair of fascinating attractions: the gold dredge and the railroad.

the city’s tourism industry. In a Tuesday meeting with the Baker City Council, Murphy told councilors that the city could draw money from its lodging room tax to bolster public safety funds.

Another teacher has arrived in our absence, a Baker City native. I ask how she compares the town’s past to its present. “Everyone talks about the Oregon Trail ruts up on the hill. I’ve ...

And Baker City, in northeast Oregon, is just seven miles from the Bureau of Land Management’s Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, where visitors can still walk the same path as the Pacific ...

Last month I spent five days taking a closer look at bicycling and bike tourism in Wallowa ... During my recent trip through Eastern Oregon I discovered something unexpected: a charming town called ...

and the 2013 trophy for best small brewery in the nation—which also surpassed the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center as biggest tourist draw in Baker City. The old restaurant ...

Baker City, the eastern ... Head over to Budget Travel and cast your vote, if you feel so moved, and help bring the title of Coolest Small Town in America out to Oregon. Voting ends at 11:59 ...

But it has grown from an industrial town into a tourist destination ... scenery and natural attractions. Baker City is often considered the gateway to Eastern Oregon’s abundance of outdoor ...

It’s one of only two (legal) railriding sites in the U.S. 304 N. Main St., Joseph; (541) 910-0089, www.jbrailriders.com Hells Canyon: No roads cross a hundred-mile stretch of the Oregon/Idaho ...