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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250J_at-play-on-the-river_Astoria-OR.html
People have always turned to the river for enjoyment and just plain fun. Today you may see recreational sailboats, motorboats, jet-skis, kayaks, cruise ships, windsurfers, or kiteboards sharing the river with huge commercial ships.
In the past…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2501_a-great-artery-of-transportation_Astoria-OR.html
The Columbia River is a highway for huge amounts of freight. The most frequent outbound cargoes include wheat and other agricultural products from the inland Northwest, logs and lumber, and mining products like coke or potash. Entering the river, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2500_harvesting-river-sea_Astoria-OR.html
For thousands of years, Native Americans thrived on salmon fishing on the Columbia River. They traded dried fish with other native people all over the west. In the 1870s, later settlers also made commercial fishing a way of life. It remains a stro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ZQ_columbia-river-tugs-and-towboats_Astoria-OR.html
Towboats began working on the Columbia in the mid 19th century.
Powerful steam tugs towed sailing vessels over the Columbia River bar.
Sternwheel steamboats, many of which operated as tugs, plied the entire Columbia River system.
During this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ZP_gimres-shoe-store_Astoria-OR.html
Founded in 1892 by Sven Gimre,
Bootmaker from Sola, Norway
Grandfather of present owners
Jon and Pete
Gimre
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ZO_into-the-unknown_Astoria-OR.html
Well after the end of the American Revolution, this vast river we call the Columbia and the entire Northwest Coast were still only vague lines on even the best European maps. But the region was home to native peoples whose ancestors had lived here…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ZL_a-waterfront-at-work_Astoria-OR.html
Before the fire of 1922, much of downtown Astoria was built on pilings over the river. People built out from the original hilly shoreline, creating a level commercial district with access to the water.
Every type of business might be located o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ZC_pilots-on-the-columbia-river_Astoria-OR.html
The mouth of the Columbia River is known to mariners as one of the most hazardous crossings in the world.
Large ocean-going vessels rely upon highly skilled pilots to bring them across the bar and then to guide them safely to ports up and down t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24WU_captain-flavel-trees_Astoria-OR.html
This grove of nine trees is a part of the original landscaping planted around the historic 1886 Queen Anne style house of Captain George Flavel.
The grove consists of a giant sequoia, ginko, Camperdown elm, bay laurel, pear, and four cork elms.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24VS_clark-gable_Astoria-OR.html
Began his acting career
in the summer of 1922 at the
Astoria Theater
Located on this site, the building was
destroyed by fire in December, 1922