Durkee, Oregon
Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.[2] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84.[3] Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson.It is one of Baker County's largest private employers;[4][5] opened in 1979, it succeeded the plant near Lime.Durkee was originally a stage stop called Express, and by the 1860s it was the only transfer point between Umatilla, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho.
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