Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1811/03/00 | American Fur Company | Trading Post | Fort Astoria is established at the entrance of the Columbia River. The first American-owned settlement on the Pacific coast. | |||
1812/01/18 | Donald McKenzie (explorer) | Explorer | After canoeing down the Salmon and Clearwater rivers, then the lower Snake and Columbia rivers, Donald Mackenzie and eleven Pacific Fur Company employees reach Fort Astoria. | Astor Expedition | ||
1813/00/00 | North West Company | Owner | The North West Company buys out the assets of the Pacific Fur Company, including Fort Astoria. They renamed it Fort George and utilized it as the headquarters of its most western operations, primarily based along the Columbia. | |||
1821/00/00 | Hudson's Bay Company | Owner | Hudson's Bay Company incorporates Fort George into its operations after taking over the NWC. Fort George was abandoned in 1825, but the arrival of American naval merchants on the Columbia necessitated the reopening of Fort George by the HBC. |
Particulars for Fort Astoria: | |
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Historic Use | Camp |
Area of Significance | Commerce |
Structure Type | Fortification |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Sight Category | Site |
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