Fort Astoria - Astoria, OR
N 46° 11.292 W 123° 49.642
10T E 436152 N 5115290
The first settlement in Astoria
Waymark Code: WM4HMH
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2008
Views: 53
Desiring to dominate the areas explored by Lewis & Clark, John Jacob Astor send expeditions overland and by sea to seize the mouth of the Columbia. The schooner Tonquin arrived first and work was begun on this site on April 12th, 1811. "The foliage was budding. We imagined ourselves in the Garden of Eden. Buildings were of boards tightly covered and roofed with cedar bark." Later, palisades were raised against the Indians. Here gathered adventurers from all the vast wilderness. Here, in 1814, lived the Oregon country's first white woman, the English barmaid Jane Barnes. Here were the true beginnings of Oregon's stock raising, farming, and shipbuilding. The property was sold to the North West Company to avoid capture during the War of 1812 and was operated as "Fort George" until its abandonment in 1825 when the Hudson Bay Company moved headquarters to Fort Vancouver. The buildings decayed and modern Astoria rose on this site.
Street address:
15th and Exchange Streets
Astoria, OR USA
97103
County / Borough / Parish: Clatsop
Year listed: 1966
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Event
Periods of significance: 1800-1824
Historic function: Commerce
Current function: Park
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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