Dixie is an
unincorporated historic community in
Grant County,
Oregon, United States.
It was a station on the
Sumpter Valley Railway
The Sumpter Valley Railway, or Sumpter Valley Railroad, is a narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built on a right-of-way used by the original railway of the same name, it carries excursion trains ...
near Dixie Summit.
The station was named for Dixie Creek, a tributary of the
John Day River near
Prairie City.
[ The creek was named for the many gold miners from the U.S. South (nicknamed " Dixie") who worked claims on the creek.][
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References
Former populated places in Grant County, Oregon
Former populated places in Oregon
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