It was named Baker City after Oregon’s first U.S. senator ... “It’s time for Baker to be on the map again as a destination.” ...

Not even the mayor can escape some good natured leg-pulling in Baker City. Before Mayor Dennis Dorrah could respond to a query about why he left Eugene 22 years ago to live in far northeast Oregon ...

BAKER CITY — The wagons are circling in Geiser-Pollman Park this June for the inaugural Oregon Trail Days, a new event for the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.

What’s striking to a visitor is how near the history of the Oregon Trail seems, not just in physical terms but in time. It’s not really all that long ago. For example, Baker City winemaker ...