Greenhorn City, Oregon

At right men are sitting on the porch of the Greenhorn Hotel. The Red Lion Hotel is on the far left. Sign on building at right reads: "Alexander, One Price Clothier, Baker-Sumter" (sic). Moses Alexander (b. 1853, d. 1932) was a Boise Jew who had several clothing stores in Oregon and Idaho. He served two terms as mayor of Boise. He was the first elected Jewish governor (Democrat) in the United States serving two terms 1915 to 1923.

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Greenhorn City with George Massamore's Locomobile car on street, 1913.

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Wagon teamster is James Brennan.

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Greenhorn City. Group of 8 residents. Back row: Fred Daines, Maud E. Draper, Harriet Daines, Ora Ray Front row: Andy Larson, Maud D. T. Draper, Lila Larson, George Daines

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Greenhorn City. Palmer & Denham rig from Baker City in front of post office. June 14, 1917. The umbrella says: "Saddles & Harness, Palmer & Denham, Baker City, Ore." Notice rifle in corner of post office entrance.

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Greenhorn City. George W. Massamore, age 40, in his new 1910 Locomobile in front of the general mercantile store owned by William F. Draper, age 44, and Maud D. T. Draper, age 40. Maud D. T. Draper is wearing the hat sitting beside her daughter, Maud E. Draper, age 20. Massamore was a saloon keeper. Gregg Smith researched Massamore's car, the first car in Greenhorn City. The car was probably a Model 30 touring car with a 25.6 h.p. gasoline engine.

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Greenhorn City. Tennis players Leone Richardson, age 41, wife of Simeon C. Richardson, Greenhorn mayor, and Maud E. Draper, age 20. Her parents, William F. and Maud D. T. Draper, were owners of the Greenhorn mercantile store.

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Greenhorn City. Tennis players Leone Richardson (dark skirt), age 41, wife of Simeon C. Richardson, Greenhorn mayor, and Maud E. Draper, age 20. Her parents, William F. and Maud D. T. Draper, were owners of the Greenhorn mercantile store. The two men players are unidentified. In the background is the city's water tower.

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Main Street. Probably July 15, 1915. Names on back of photo, presumably from left to right but not all of the people are accounted for: Simeon Richardson, Richard Baird, Ida Robinson, Mrs. Bertha Frederick (wife of Al Frederick), two Frederick children, Pearl Steward (wife of William Steward), Frank Roberts, Al Frederick, Mr. & Mrs. Barker & sons, Maud Draper (wife of William Draper), Mr. & Mrs. Ray Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Hazelwood in wagon.

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Greenhorn City. Post office at right. June 25, 1917.

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Greenhorn City. Post office. September 5, 1917.

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Bonanza Street. Frank Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Isabel Baird.

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Greenhorn City. Information provided by Gregg Smith, who owns a mine near Greenhorn: "View is due north. Roberts/Opperman cabin thru trees on right. Gardner log cabin straight ahead. Virginia St. right foreground. Bonanza St. runs in front of Roberts and Gardner cabins." Gregg Smith also says that the photo shows Greenhorn after a couple of fires that destroyed most of each side of town.

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Frank Roberts (right) and ? in Roberts (?) cabin. Shotgun, rifle, two pistols, knife on wall. May 28, 1917.

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Greenhorn City. Information provided by Gregg Smith, who owns a mine near Greenhorn: "View is to the west with buildings on south side of road. Building in foreground is just west of the meat market in 1913 photo. White house barely visible third from the left with white picket fence in front. Compare houses on far left and far right with photo 1999.1.30." Gregg Smith also says that the photo shows Greenhorn after a couple of fires that destroyed most of each side of town.

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Greenhorn City. Information provided by Gregg Smith, who owns a mine near Greenhorn: "View is to the west with buildings on south side of road. Note white house on left, with white picket fence. Compare house behind car and house to right with photo 1999.1.31. In the late 1930s the house was occupied by Mrs. Able, widow of Henry Able, a pocket gold hunter. The Able’s daughter Verna was married Ernest Petty, a pocket gold hunter who also had the Red Bird and Ophir Mines on Olive Creek. Doris King of Baker City said she witnessed the white house burn down in 1938." Gregg Smith also says that the photo shows Greenhorn after a couple of fires that destroyed most of each side of town.

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Greenhorn City. Information provided by Gregg Smith, who owns a mine near Greenhorn: "View is due south. Note building on right in front of the shed that is still standing in 2004. (Better view in photo 1999.1.29.) There is the ruin of a building straight ahead and a building still standing in this photo on the left with outhouse behind." Gregg Smith also says that the photo shows Greenhorn after a couple of fires that destroyed most of each side of town.

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Greenhorn City ca. late 1940's. Gregg Smith, who owns a mine in the area, wrote this: "I'm guessing it's a photo from the late 1940s (or possibly very early 1950s). I base the date on the fact that the Gardners had lived in the old Andy Larson cabin the the middle until 1942. The photo shows three dwellings along Bonanza Street. I don't know who owned the house on the left. Then comes the Larson/Gardner cabin. Then the house at the end was the Baird/Roberts/Opperman house. Richard and Isabel Baird owned the house in 1916. It appears that the house passed to their daughter Bella Baird Roberts. Then it passed from Bella and Frank Roberts to the current owners, the Opperman family."

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