Bingham Springs, Oregon

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An 1899 advertisement for the Bingham Springs resort

Bingham Springs is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about eight miles east of Gibbon in the Blue Mountains near the Umatilla River.[2]

Bingham Springs was a station and tollgate on the Thomas and Ruckle stagecoach line through the Blue Mountains.[3] The stage house was built in 1864.[3] Alfred B. Meacham operated the station from 1867-1868.[3] There was a post office at the locale named "Purdy" from 1881 until 1891, named after one of the early owners of the stage house.[3] Later the community had a Gibbon mailing address, and today it receives its mail through Adams.

Beginning in the late 19th century, Bingham Springs was the site of a popular hot spring resort.[3] Today the hot mineral water is a feature of the pool at Bar M Ranch, a dude ranch founded in the 1940s that uses the historic stage house as its ranch house.[4] Notable guests of the resort include President Calvin Coolidge and then-Secretary of State Herbert Hoover.[4]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bingham Springs has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Bingham Springs". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-12-28. 
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 74. ISBN 0-89933-347-8. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 83-84. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ranch History". Bar M Ranch. Retrieved 2010-12-28. 
  5. ↑ Climate Summary for Bingham Springs, Oregon

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Coordinates: 45°44′31″N 118°13′55″W / 45.742077°N 118.231897°W / 45.742077; -118.231897

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