Fort Astoria

Fort Astoria (HM255T)

Location: Astoria, OR 97103 Clatsop County
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Country: United States of America
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N 46° 11.293', W 123° 49.643'

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Desiring to dominate the areas explored by Lewis and Clark, John Jacob Astor sent expeditions overland and by sea to seize the mouth of the Columbia. The schooner Tonquin arrived first and work was begun on this site April 12, 1811. "The foliage was budding we imagined ourselves in the Garden of Eden. Buildings were of board 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 our 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's Bay Company moved headquarters to Fort Vancouver. The buildings decayed and modern Astoria rose upon the site.
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Date Added Thursday, February 1st, 2018 at 4:03pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 436151 N 5115292
Decimal Degrees46.18821667, -123.82738333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 11.293', W 123° 49.643'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 11' 17.58" N, 123° 49' 38.58" W
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Area Code(s)503
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1493 Duane St, Astoria OR 97103, US
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