When B. F. Baker was in his fourth year he was brought to Virginia City, but he was educated in the public schools of Yerington, Lyon county, Nevada, and reared upon his father's ranch. In 1896 he engaged in the hotel business in Yerington, and is still owner of the Commercial Hotel in that city. Just before the discovery of gold at Nome he spent eleven months in the Klondike, but the season is so short and the climate so unfavorable that he returned home.

In April, 1903, he went to Hawthorne and rented the Nucleus House, and has put it in fine condition. It has twenty-three large and well furnished bedrooms, the cuisine is excellent and the employes capable and courteous, anxious to provide them with whatever they may require, so that it is small wonder that the patronage of his house is constantly increasing.

On April 2, 1894, he was married to Maggie Ellis, a native of Missouri, but reared in Nevada. They have a son, Fay L. Baker. Mr. Baker is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has passed all the chairs in the order, and is connected with the order of Foresters. In politics he is a good Democrat, although in local affairs he is inclined to vote for the man best suited for the office. Mr. and Mrs. Baker were reared in the Methodist faith, and they give the church of that denomination in Yerington their generous support. Few people stand any higher in the confidence of the community than do these two most excellent people.

Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
Published by The Lewis publishing company, 1904