60YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

June 9, 1957

Hoping for a bigger crowd than ever for tonight’s final performance of the local Kris Kringle Karnival, merchants who are sponsoring the big benefit said that Friday night’s attendance at the show was “very satisfactory.”

25YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

June 9, 1992

Baker County has been awarded a $3,400 grant by the Oregon Economic Development Department Tourism Division in Salem.

Baker County received its grant for marketing of the Oregon Trail projects.

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

June 9, 2007

Open early, and stay open late. Order in advance plenty of the stuff visitors want to buy — or eat. Have fun.

Cooperate with neighboring businesses. Do whatever it takes to make the weekend memorable for as many customers as you can.

Those strategies are at the heart of the efforts of at least two Baker City businesses gearing up for the thousands of visitors in town for this weekend’s Eighth Annual Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally.

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

June 10, 2016

After interest waned in 2013 over proposals to mine for gold in the dredge tailings on county-owned land in Sumpter Valley, the Baker County Commission is exploring the possibility once again.

Several mining companies — including Sumpter Mining Company and Exploration LLC and Yellow Eagle Mining LLC — expressed interest in working with the county in 2011 to mine some of the 1,900 acres of tailings the county owns east of Sumpter.

Yellow Eagle submitted a report to the county in 2011 explaining its interest. The company believed that the massive floating dredges that scoured Sumpter Valley gravels from 1913 to 1954 collected only 40 percent of the available gold.