Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905.[2] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84.[3] Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson. It one of Baker County's largest private employers.[4][5]
Durkee was originally a stage stop called Express, and by the 1860s it was the only transfer point between Umatilla, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho. It prospered as a water stop and telegraph station for the railroad, and later as a stop on Highway 30, the only paved road in the area. The community was platted in 1908, even though the population had already peaked.[6]
Education
In 1969 the local school had nine students.[7]
References
- ^ "Durkee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durkee, Oregon
- ^ Jacoby, Jayson (March 17, 2014). "U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Visits Baker City". Baker City Herald. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ Miller, Jeremy (January 11, 2010). "Mountains of Mercury". High Country News. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 51. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.
- ^ "Desert School Enrolls 2". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. January 1, 1969. p. 5 of Section 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
External links
Media related to Durkee, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons
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