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Astoria

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As·to·ri·a  (-stôr-, -str-)
A city of northwest Oregon near the mouth of the Columbia River. Fort Astoria, a fur-trading post established in 1811 by John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, was the first permanent American settlement along the Pacific coast. Population: 9,920.


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John Jacob Astor to establish an American emporium for the fur trade at the mouth of the Columbia, or Oregon River; of the failure of that enterprise through the capture of Astoria by the British, in 1814; and of the way in which the control of the trade of the Columbia and its dependencies fell into the hands of the Northwest Company.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
The part of the cargo destined for the use of Astoria was landed, and the ship left free to proceed on her voyage.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
It was the ordinary stationery of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and the following words were written upon it in a faint delicate handwriting, but in yellow pencil:-
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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