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]
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^ abc"Pleasant Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
^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.
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pleasant, valley, baker, county, oregon, other, places, with, same, name, pleasant, valley, oregon, pleasant, valley, unincorporated, community, baker, county, oregon, united, states, about, miles, southeast, baker, city, route, slightly, bypassed, interstate,. For other places with the same name see Pleasant Valley Oregon 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 Pleasant Valley OregonUnincorporated communityPleasant Valley OregonShow map of OregonPleasant Valley OregonShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 44 40 28 N 117 37 50 W 44 67444 N 117 63056 W 44 67444 117 63056CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyBakerElevation3 757 ft 1 145 m Time zoneUTC 8 Pacific PST Summer DST UTC 7 PDT Area code s 458 and 541GNIS feature ID1125477 1 History editPleasant 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 edit a b c Pleasant Valley Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey November 28 1980 Retrieved November 11 2016 Oregon Atlas amp 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 amp Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest Northwest College of the Bible Retrieved March 13 2011 External links editImage of former Pleasant Valley Motel from Picasa nbsp This Baker County Oregon state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pleasant Valley Baker County Oregon amp oldid 1167497335, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
