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Pleasant Valley is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United
States. It is located about 13 miles southeast of Baker City on U.S. Route 30,
slightly bypassed by Interstate 84.
Pleasant Valley was a way station on the Place Toll Road in 1865, and later a
freight station on the railroad in 1884. Early Oregon Trail settlers farmed in
the area. Pleasant Valley post office was established in 1868 and only operated
for two months. An office with the same name was established in 1890 and closed
in 1962. According to the authors of Oregon Geographic Names, the community later
consisted only of a motel and a Union Pacific Railroad station. By 2001, the motel
had been converted into a residence.
The Pleasant Valley area is the home of several stone quarries that supplied the
tuff stone commonly used for building material in Baker City. At one time Pleasant
Valley was a community with enough population and settled arable land surrounding
it to warrant a school district. School District #12 was organized by superintendent
W. F. Payton in 1874, with a two-room school house serving grades 1 through 8. The
district added classes for high-school-age students for a few years before
consolidating with the Baker City school district in 1949. The third and last
schoolhouse was constructed of the nearby native stone and was later converted to
a residence. In 1900, the community had a Christian Church congregation. Today the
community proper is considered a ghost town.
A County map will really help in finding these places.
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