Bingham Springs is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is about 8 miles (13 km) east of Gibbon in the Blue Mountains near the Umatilla River. [2]
Bingham Springs was a station and tollgate on the Thomas and Ruckle stagecoach line through the Blue Mountains. [3] The stage house was built in 1864. [3] Alfred B. Meacham operated the station from 1867 to 1868. [3] There was a post office at the locale named "Purdy" from 1881 until 1891, named after one of the early owners of the stage house. [3] Later, the community had a Gibbon mailing address, and today it receives its mail through Adams.
Beginning in the late 19th century, Bingham Springs was the site of a popular hot spring resort. [3] Today the hot mineral water is a feature of the pool at Bar M Ranch, a dude ranch founded in the 1940s that uses the historic stage house as its ranch house. [4] Notable guests of the resort include President Calvin Coolidge and then-Secretary of State Herbert Hoover. [4]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bingham Springs has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [5]
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Bingham Springs is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is about 8 miles (13 km) east of Gibbon in the Blue Mountains near the Umatilla River. [2]
Bingham Springs was a station and tollgate on the Thomas and Ruckle stagecoach line through the Blue Mountains. [3] The stage house was built in 1864. [3] Alfred B. Meacham operated the station from 1867 to 1868. [3] There was a post office at the locale named "Purdy" from 1881 until 1891, named after one of the early owners of the stage house. [3] Later, the community had a Gibbon mailing address, and today it receives its mail through Adams.
Beginning in the late 19th century, Bingham Springs was the site of a popular hot spring resort. [3] Today the hot mineral water is a feature of the pool at Bar M Ranch, a dude ranch founded in the 1940s that uses the historic stage house as its ranch house. [4] Notable guests of the resort include President Calvin Coolidge and then-Secretary of State Herbert Hoover. [4]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bingham Springs has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [5]
45°44′31″N 118°13′55″W / 45.742077°N 118.231897°W