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Welcome to Sumpter Valley and the Fine City of Sumpter Oregon. If your traveling through Eastern or Central Oregon, step back 100 years as you travel through the Sumpter area. Sumpter was one of the "Gold Rush Boom Towns," established in the 1800's. A rail line was built that ran from Granite to Baker City to transport timber, gold and cattle from the area. Back in 1862, five Confederate veterans discovered gold near Sumpter. These men of history constructed a log cabin with a stone fireplace and rock chimney. They named it "Fort Sumter," after the National Garrison at Charleston, South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861. By 1883, the name was not acceptable to the U.S. Post Office. So the word "Fort" was dropped and a "p" added to the spelling, making Sumpter. How Sumpter was divined is anyone's story. From 1862 to 1884 not much activity stirred in the small town hidden amid the Elkhorn range of the Blue Mountains. Then in the 1892, a major gold strike was found, and the real gold boom began. For More Information Call For More Information Call 1-541-894-2314 1-541-894-2290 or
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