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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25LJ_built-by-capt-hiram-brown_Astoria-OR.html
Built by Capt. Hiram Brown who came to Astoria area in 1848.
Original Portion of house built in Adairville (East Astoria), was barged downriver about 1865 to Tenth St. and rolled to present location without cracking wallpaper or breaking a window…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25DW_the-tillamook-burn_Seaside-OR.html
Oregon's historic Tillamook forest fire of 1933 spread over 240,000 acres of forest land. Fires in 1939 and 1945 brought the total to 355,000 acres. Over 13 billion board feet of timber were killed.
Devastation by these disastrous fires aroused …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25DT_dennis-l-edwards-tunnel_Seaside-OR.html
The Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel is located on the Sunset Highway 12 miles east of here.
The tunnel was named by the Oregon Transportation Commission on August 21, 2002, in memory of Dennis L. Edwards, who on January 28, 1999, lost his life in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25DL_gilbert-inn-1892_Seaside-OR.html
Alexandre Gilbert, one of the founding fathers of Seaside, was born in the coastal town of LaRochelle, France on April 16, 1845, the son of Frank and Mary Gilbert. At the age of twenty-four and just prior to the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71), Alex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25DJ_tsunami_Seaside-OR.html
Seaside
Devastating waves called "tsunamis" can strike Oregon's coast at any time. These giant waves are caused by great undersea earthquakes. Such earthquakes can occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, one of the largest active fau…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25DG_battery-pratt_Warrenton-OR.html
The gun you see here at Battery Pratt is a replica of the 6-inch rifles that once were a part of the fort's artillery. Battery Pratt was named on behalf of Lt. James P. Pratt, who was killed during the Civil War. The two 6 inch guns on this emplac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25CJ_first-on-the-pacific-the-astoria-custom-house_Astoria-OR.html
In 1849, the U.S. Government established the first U.S. Customs Office on the Pacific Coast in Astoria. Located just 200 feet west of this site, the founding of the original Custom House brought change to the Northwest. It signaled a growing U.S. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25CI_imagine-the-scene-astorias-custom-house-1849_Astoria-OR.html
The exterior of this reconstructed U.S. Custom House tells only part of the story. Use your imagination to visualize the space inside: a room sparsely furnished with a desk, perhaps a bookcase, wooden file cabinets, and a chair or two. The small w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25CF_custom-house-reconstruction_Astoria-OR.html
This authentic reconstruction of the 1852 U.S. Custom House was built to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. Custom Service. Work began in October, 1992 and was completed in May, 1994.
Reconstruction methods and tools duplicated those of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25C8_fire-station-no-2_Astoria-OR.html
This building was constructed in 1896 by the North Pacific Brewery and rebuilt 1928-29 by the city of Astoria to serve as a fire station.
City Commission
J C Brook, Mayor
John R Arnold -'28
Anton Sorensen -'29
E C Gearhart
Victor Seeb…