The Baker Cabin Historical Society, founded from the Old Timers Association of Carver, is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and making available to the public the history of the Baker family and the Carver area. Support for its work comes mainly from rentals of the Pioneer Church and grounds for events, along with donations, memberships, bequests, Eagle Scout Projects, and grants from groups including the Cultural Trust and Tourism Development Council. Under the Donation Land Act of 1850, settlers in Oregon who had settled before December 1, 1850, were guaranteed 320 acres of public land. Horace and Jane Baker filed claim to 640 acres, and later petitions and affidavits affirmed that the 320 acres previously claimed by Jane remained vacant, that she and Horace had continuously lived on and cultivated the land, and that several settlers, including Phillip Foster, renounced any interest in it. When the final papers were signed on July 24, 1877, granting Donation Claim No. 68 by Certificate No. 4967, the land was divided with the east half assigned to Horace Baker and the west half to Jane Baker. A carved X in a nearby stone is one of the original boundary markers from which a large section of countryside to the south and east was laid out, and title records still refer to this location and reference.