Kim and Ronnies 2nd Visit cont'
June26,1999 Site Seeing in Astoria, OR Astoria Bridge 4.4 miles long
Connects Oregon & Washington States Indian Burial Boat
top of Astoria Panoramic View from atop Astoria Astoria Column
Descriptions of the scenes are listed in reverse order, as they appear on the column from top to bottom.
14) Coming of the white settler and the railroad.
13) Fort Astoria returned to the United States, 1818.
12) Fort Astoria sold to the British and renamed Fort George, 1815.
11) The Tonquin, the Pacific Fur Company ship, blown up at Vancouver Island, 1811.
10) Pacific Fur Company Overland Party arrives at Astoria, 1812.
9) The Tonquin arrives at Astoria, 1811. Building Fort Astoria.
8) The Tonquin, the ship belonging to John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, sails from New York, 1810.
7) Lewis & Clark Expedition builds Fort Clatsop.
6) Lewis & Clark Expedition spends the winter of 1805-1806 on the Lewis & Clark River near Astoria.
5) Lewis & Clark Expedition boiling sea water to make salt.
4) Lewis & Clark Expedition, first to cross the continent, arrives at Astoria, 1805.
3) Native American village on land now known as Astoria.
2) Discovery of the Columbia River by Captain Robert Gray in the ship Columbia, 1792.
1) Native Wilderness.
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after our trip to Ochoco Mts