Baker City, Oregonjefferson public radio The report says researchers including Katie Johnson of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology investigated the site of the Baker White Pine Lumber Company, which was founded in 1910 in northeastern Oregon. When the mill closed after less than 10 years, much of the infrastructure was removed from the site. The workforce was composed entirely of men when the mill opened, but management soon changed to a company town model composed of workers and their families. More than 8,000 recovered artifacts – including washboard fragments, enamelware basins, shoe polish bottles, corset remains, jewelry, face cream jars, tableware and tea sets, toys, canning jars, and decorative items – reveal the presence of these women and children in the mill town. The researchers concluded that not only did the women workers care for the workforce, but the company was also able to sell supplies that had previously been provided to mill workers as part of their compensation. To read about nineteenth-century battlefield identification in southwestern Oregon, visit “site of a forgotten battle“
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