New Bridge, Oregon

New Bridge (or Newbridge) is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States, about three miles north of Richland and Oregon Route 86.[1] Its elevation is 2369 feet (722 m).[1]

New Bridge was founded on the banks of Eagle Creek near an important bridge built across the stream in pioneer times.[2] Joseph Gale was the first postmaster of New Bridge post office, which ran from 1878 until 1967.[2] The town was originally in Union County until 1901, when the boundaries were changed to eliminate the panhandle in which New Bridge was located.[2] New Bridge was platted in 1908, "only after irreversible decline had set in".[3] New Bridge sold agricultural products from the Eagle Valley to miners near Sparta.[3] It had a fruit and vegetable cannery, a box factory, and a packing shed for apples.[3] The decline of New Bridge was due in part to nearby Richland being platted in 1897.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Bridge". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1146799. Retrieved 2010-01-09. 
  2. ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 701. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
  3. ^ a b c d Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. pp. 53, 55. ISBN 0875950736. 
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