The Death of Col. J.C. Baker

I have a long-overdue update to my January 28, 2024 post about Baker's Station and J.C. Baker:

My hunch that the death notice I found for Col. J.C. Baker in the March 27, 1897 edition of The Missoulian was for a different J.C. Baker was correct. After sharing my post to the Montana History Consortium Facebook Group, Willis Hintz found the correct notice for me in the May 1, 1895 edition of The Missoulian. Today, I finally sought out that notice myself and am sharing it with you here:


I have not found an obituary for Baker, and the entry for Warm Springs State Hospital Cemetery at findagrave.com warns that the cemetery is off-limits to everyone but family members of the deceased. Even family members can only visit with an appointment and when accompanied by a hospital administrator.

With the Montana Historical Society reopening, I am going to see if there are any patient records for Baker in their collection of hospital records that can be shared publicly.

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