Pleasant Valley, Oregon | |
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  Pleasant Valley, Oregon  Pleasant Valley, Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′28″N 117°37′50″W / 44.67444°N 117.63056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Baker |
| Elevation | 3,757 ft (1,145 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1125477 [1] |
Pleasant Valley is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is about 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Baker City on U.S. Route 30, slightly bypassed by Interstate 84. [2] [3]
History
Pleasant Valley was a way station on the Place Toll Road in 1865, and later a freight station on the railroad in 1884. [3] [4] Early Oregon Trail settlers farmed in the area. [4] Pleasant Valley post office was established in 1868 and operated for only two months. [5] An office with the same name was established in 1890 and closed in 1962. [5] According to the authors of Oregon Geographic Names, the community later consisted only of a motel and a Union Pacific Railroad station. [5] By 2001, the motel had been converted into a residence. [6]
The Pleasant Valley area is the home of several stone quarries that supplied the tuff stone commonly used for building material in Baker City. [3] [7] At one time Pleasant Valley was a community with enough population and settled arable land surrounding it to warrant a school district. [3] School District #12 was organized by superintendent W. F. Payton in 1874, with a two-room school house serving grades 1 through 8. [3] The district added classes for high-school-age students for a few years before consolidating with the Baker City school district in 1949. [3] The third and last schoolhouse was constructed of the nearby native stone and was later converted to a residence. [3] In 1900, the community had a Christian Church congregation. [8] Today the community proper is considered a ghost town, [3] however the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) lists it as a populated place. [1]
References
- ^ a b c "Pleasant Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 79. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Pleasant Valley". bakercounty.net. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ a b "Historic Towns" (PDF). Baker County Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 770. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ Collins, Chris (April 11, 2001). "Meth Lab Busted in Pleasant Valley". Baker City Herald. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "Historic Baker City, Baker County, Oregon". Oregon American History and Genealogy Project. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "Baker County, Oregon". Pioneer History to About 1900, Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest. Northwest College of the Bible. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
External links
- Image of former Pleasant Valley Motel from Picasa
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