Brownlee, Oregon | |
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  Brownlee, Oregon  Brownlee, Oregon | |
| Coordinates:44°48′42″N116°56′04″W / 44.81167°N 116.93444°W /44.81167; -116.93444 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Baker |
| Elevation | 2,264 ft (690 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area codes | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1133435[1] |
Brownlee is anunincorporated community inBaker County,Oregon, United States.[1]
John Brownlee started aferry service that crossed theSnake River betweenIdaho and Oregon and became known as Brownlee's Ferry. When a railroad was built on the Oregon side of the river, the station at the ferry crossing was named Brownlee.[2] Brownlee post office ran intermittently from 1910 to 1965.[2] The portion of the tracks that ran betweenHomestead andRobinette and passed through Brownlee were torn up by the railway's final ownersOregon Short Line in 1934.[3]
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