Editing Huntington, Oregon (section)

==History==
Henry Miller settled in the area in August 1862. In 1870, Miller's Stagecoach Station was established{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}<!-- main street ref doesn't say this- is it from oregoncities? OGN? --> before the coming of the [[Oregon Railway and Navigation Company]] rail line in 1884, and was [[plat]]ted in 1885 or 1886.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bailey|first=Barbara Ruth|title=Main Street: Northeastern Oregon|publisher=[[Oregon Historical Society]]|year=1982|isbn=0-87595-073-6|page=46}}</ref> It soon became the primary shipping point for the cattle country to the south. Miller built the Stage Tavern, known for many years as "Miller Station". It was on the overland route that had been established in the valley, and had become well known to all who traveled in pioneer days.<!--I don't consider the following a reliable source, need a better one--Katr67--><ref name="ORCities">{{cite web  | title = Huntington, Oregon  | publisher = oregoncities.com  | url = http://www.oregoncities.us/huntington/index.htm  | access-date = 2006-11-28 }}</ref> According to ''[[Oregon Geographic Names]]'', Huntington was named for J.B. and J.M. Huntington, brothers who purchased Miller's holdings in 1882.

[[File:Huntington, Oregon (circa 1890).jpg|thumb|left|Huntington, {{circa|1890}}]]

The Huntingtons maintained a small trading post on their land.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} In 1884, the rails of the [[Oregon Short Line]] and the [[Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company]] line were joined in Huntington.<ref name="SOS" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Bailey|first=Barbara Ruth|title=Main Street: Northeastern Oregon|publisher=[[Oregon Historical Society]]|year=1982|isbn=0-87595-073-6|page=32}}</ref> Since that time, Huntington has been an important railway division point.<ref name="SOS">{{cite web
  | title = A 1940 Journey Across Oregon
  | publisher = [[Oregon State Archives]]
  | url = https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/oregon-journey/Pages/ontario-baker.aspx
  | access-date = 2006-11-28 }}</ref> With the advent of the railroad came J.T. Fifer, who had been selling general merchandise to the construction crews moving his goods from town to town as the work progressed. Shortly after Fifer arrived, the Huntingtons closed up, leaving him alone in the general merchandise business.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} The Oregon Construction Company followed soon, with a stock of general merchandise, a blacksmith shop, the Pacific Hotel, several boarding houses and restaurants and a number of saloons.

In 1898, the Northwest Railroad Company began extending a short line down the [[Snake River]]. It reached Homestead about 1910.  This increased transportation at Huntington and gave an outlet for [[Eagle Valley (Oregon)|Eagle]] and [[Pine Valley (Oregon)|Pine Valley]] fruits, cattle, lumber and ore.  This line was flooded by water from [[Brownlee Dam]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
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Huntington became the only incorporated city in Baker County on the [[Oregon Trail]] in 1891 with [[Home Rule]] Law.<ref name="Hunt">{{cite web
 |title=Welcome to Huntington, Oregon 
 |url=http://bakercounty.net/huntington/ 
 |access-date=2006-11-28 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706063837/http://www.bakercounty.net/huntington/ 
 |archive-date=2007-07-06 
}}
</ref>

Remnants of the Old Oregon Trail can still be seen today when one is traveling north from [[Farewell Bend State Recreation Area]] toward the town of Huntington on [[U.S. Route 30]].<ref name="Hunt"/>

Evidence of the hardships and tragedies of the pioneer movement still exists: a small iron cross, visible from Route 30, marks the location where Snake River [[Shoshone]] Indians killed a number of emigrants in 1860.<ref name="Hunt"/>

At the end of the 19th century, Huntington developed a reputation as "Sin City", a rugged frontier town having its share of saloons, Chinese [[opium den]]s, and [[Gunfighters|gunslingers]].<ref name="Hunt"/>

Governor [[Oswald West]] was motivated to clean up the city, along with the community of [[Copperfield, Oregon|Copperfield]], in 1912–14.<ref name="Hunt"/>

The first ransom bill from the 1935 [[George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping]] turned up in Huntington.<ref name="HL">{{cite web  | title = Harmon and Margaret Waley, two kidnappers of George Weyerhaeuser, are captured in Salt Lake City on June 8, 1935. | publisher = HistoryLink.org | url = http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7750 | access-date = 2006-11-28 }}</ref>

Huntington's two [[marijuana dispensaries]], which opened in 2016, had almost $15 million in sales in 2017, and were on pace to top $25 million in 2018, mostly serving Idahoans.<ref name="Two Marijuana Dispensaries Serving Mostly Idahoans">{{Cite web |url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwest/idaho/article224989840.html |title=In Oregon border town, a windfall could come from marijuana sales — to Idahoans |last=Moeller |first=Katy |date=2019-01-27 |website=Idaho Statesman |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>