William C. Boyd

“ The gathering for battle is at hand and the country requires that every man shall do his duty. The national banners leaning from ten thousand windows today proclaim your reverence and your affection for the Union. ”

“ It is a bold and free spirit; it has in it the elements of grandeur. But they will go with free steps; they will bear with them all the arts of civilization, and they will found a Western Empire.
Today you and I as citizens of Oregon are witnesses to the truth of this prophecy.
No achievement in the history of this country so thrilled the people as the laying of the Atlantic cable. Baker delivered an address in commemoration of that event in San Francisco September 27, 1858. ”

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“ The adventurous traveller, who wanders on the slope of the Pacific and on the verge of civilization, stands awestruck and astonished in the great chasm formed by the torrent of the Columbia, as, rushing between Mount Hood and Mount St. ”

“ In 1832 Baker enlisted as a private to serve in the Black Hawk War. This was a war to protect the homes of the settlers from the savage Indians. It was fought in northwestern Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin. From this war Baker emerged a Major.
Colonel Baker moved to Springfield in the year 185 5. Living at Springfield at that time were Lincoln, Douglas, Trumbull and other men who in later years achieved national distinction. ”