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Show ( / FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT Pioneer .I:' ersonal H istory Dr. George W. Baker Maurice L. Howe Ogden, Utah A resident of Utah for 72 years, Dr. George W. Baker, has been a sub-scriber to the Ogden Standard-Examiner for over forty of those years and is one of the oldest practising physicians in Ogden City. Born in Mendon, Cache county, October 9,' 1862 a son of George Washington Baker and Agnes Richards Baker, Dr. Baker passed his early years amid the pioneer surroundings of the Wasatch mountains. In those early days fish and game formed an important part of the family larder and Dr. Baker has never lost his love for fishing and hunting. He was one of the first members of t he Weber County F'ish and Game Protective as[,ociation each season finds him in the outdoors. In telling of his early life Dr. Baker said, "My father crossed the plains in 1847, arriving in October, after the original band has reached Salt Lake valley. My mother crossed the plains in 1858. "They married and settled in Cache Valley about 1855, being one of the first families in that region of northern Utah. "I remember the abundance of wild game in t hose days proved a big help to the settlers whenever powder and shot could be obtained. We had wild chickens, deer, bear, mountain hares, cottontails, and trout to eat. I have caught many pounds of fine big trout in Paradise Creek or the Little Bear, Logan river and other streams when my t ackle consisted of a willow stick, a piece of store string and a bent pin for a hook. "When I was 16 I had a muzzle loading single shot 38 inch sixteen gauge shotgun. The first day I went out hunting I got Vfour prairie chickens and a rabbit within a short distance of our house. "I attended the country school and later went to the old Brigham Young College in Logan. Then we came to Ogden and located here in 1889. "I then went back to attend the Rush :Medical College at Chicago and was graduated in May 1894. I went to Logan that year and practised medicine for |
