Baker High served Columbus and Fort Benning for nearly fifty years, producing graduates who excelled in scholarship, athletics, and the arts.

1941 - Muscogee County received a $500,000 appropriation from the Federal government to build a school in rural South Columbus, primarily to serve military families.

1943 - Construction was completed in August and Baker Village School opened on September 13 for grades 1-11.

The school was named for Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War (1917–21) under President Woodrow Wilson.

To support the war effort, a canning plant was built in the basement for the local victory gardens.

Louise Griner taught Home Economics during the day and ran the cannery at night.

Its name reflected the heritage of the Muscogee Indians, a tribe of the Creeks, who once lived where Baker stood.

Several girls who did not play instruments in the band were selected as majorettes, and the Dandylions, a dance team, were formed.

We attended class in the janitorial closet on the second floor located above the Principals office with a windows that you could access the roof making a quick transition to the front portion of the school, there were 14 students plus the teacher.

1966 - Victoria Morales graduated from Baker and eventually went on to star as Leslie Brooks on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

1969 - Donald Ray Johnston '66 was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty."