Pocahontas, Oregon

Pocahontas is a historic former community[1] in Baker County, Oregon, United States.

It lies northwest of Baker City along Pocahontas Road near the Elkhorn Mountains.

[3] According to Oregon Geographic Names, which cites Thirty-One Years in Baker County, an unknown number of people laid out a town called Pine City in the 1860s near the base of the mountains.

Meanwhile, John McClain, a rancher who lived nearby, established Pocahontas and persuaded the people of Pine City to move there.

[3] Pocahontas, also meant as a traveler's resting stop, soon had a hotel, blacksmith shop, and express office.

Baker County map