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Astoria, Oregon Astoria Flavel House 2012.jpg Astoria Riverfront Trolley on trestle west of 2nd Street- Old Columbia Hospital Building (Clatsop County, Oregon scenic images) (clat - DA0020c).jpg Maritime Museum (Clatsop County, Oregon scenic images) (clat - DA0081a).jpg View of Astoria and the Astoria Megler Bridge; Captain George Flavel House; Astoria Riverfront Trolley; Old Columbia Hospital; and the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
Official seal of Astoria, Oregon Astoria, Oregon is positioned in the US Astoria, Oregon - Astoria, Oregon Astoria is a port town/city and the seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Situated near the mouth of the Columbia River where it meets the Pacific Ocean, the town/city was titled after John Jacob Astor, an shareholder from New York City whose American Fur Company established Fort Astoria at the site in 1811, 206 years ago.
Astoria was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 20, 1876. Located on the south shore of the Columbia River, the town/city is served by the deepwater Port of Astoria.
Transportation includes the Astoria Regional Airport with U.S.
Route 101 as the chief highways, and the 4.1-mile (6.6 km) Astoria Megler Bridge connecting to neighboring Washington athwart the river.
8 Warships titled Astoria The Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805 06 at Fort Clatsop, a small log structure south and west of modern-day Astoria.
1813 sketch of Fort Astoria Gabriel Franchere's 1813 sketch of Fort Astoria.
In 1811, British explorer David Thompson, the first person known to have navigated the entire length of the Columbia River, reached the partially constructed Fort Astoria near the mouth of the river.
He appeared just two months after the Pacific Fur Company's ship, the Tonquin. The fort constructed by the Tonquin party established Astoria as a U.S., clean water a British, settlement. became a vital post for American exploration of the continent and was later used as an American claim in the Oregon boundary dispute with European nations.
The Pacific Fur Company, a subsidiary of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, was created to begin fur trading in the Oregon Country. During the War of 1812, in 1813, the company's officers sold its assets to their Canadian rivals, the North West Company.
A watercolor of Fort Astoria while under British ownership and called Fort George, 1813 1818.
An image of Astoria in 1841 looking towards the mouth of the Columbia River.
Images of the evolving town of Astoria though the 19th century Astoria (1835), written while Irving was Astor's guest, cemented the importance of the region in the American psyche. In Irving's words, the fur traders were "Sinbads of the wilderness", and their venture was a staging point for the spread of American economic power into both the continental interior and into the Pacific. An Astoria Salmon cannery.
File:Salmon cannery at Astoria, An Astoria Salmon cannery.
As the Oregon Territory interval and became increasingly more colonized by Americans, Astoria likewise interval as a port town/city near the mouth of the great river that provided the easiest access to the interior.
Post office west of the Rocky Mountains was established in Astoria in 1847 and official state incorporation in 1876. Astoria thriving a host of immigrants beginning in the late 19th century: Nordic settlers, primarily Finns, and Chinese soon became larger parts of the population.
The Finns mostly lived in Uniontown, near the present-day end of the Astoria Megler Bridge, and took fishing jobs; the Chinese tended to do cannery work, and usually lived either downtown or in bunkhouses near the canneries.
By the late 1800s, 22% of Astoria's populace was Chinese. In 1883, and again in 1922, downtown Astoria was devastated by fire, partly because it was mostly wood and entirely raised off the marshy ground on pilings.
Panoramic views of Astoria in the early 20th century Astoria, Oregon, looking out the mouth of the Columbia River LCCN2007 - 662739.tif Port of Astoria The Port of Astoria in 2009.
Astoria has served as a port of entry for over a century and remains the trading center for the lower Columbia basin, although it has long since been eclipsed by Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, as an economic core on the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
In 1945, about 30 canneries could be found along the Columbia; however, in 1974, the Bumblebee Seafood corporation moved its command posts out of Astoria and gradually reduced its existence until method its last Astoria cannery in 1980. The lumber trade likewise declined; Astoria Plywood Mill, the city's biggest employer, closed in 1989, and the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway discontinued service to Astoria in 1996. The Astoria Megler Bridge.
From 1921 to 1966, a ferry route athwart the Columbia River connected Astoria with Pacific County, Washington.
In 1966, the Astoria Megler Bridge was opened.
Route 101 and linked Astoria with Washington on the opposite shore of the Columbia, replacing the ferry service. Today, tourism, Astoria's burgeoning art scene, and light manufacturing are the chief economic activities of the city.
To avoid Mexican ports of call amid the Swine Flu outbreak of 2009, many cruises were re-routed to include Astoria.
The residentiary improve The World visited Astoria in June 2009. The town's cyclic sport fishing tourism has been active for a several decades and has now been supplanted with visitors coming for the historic elements of the city.
Astoria Column The Astoria Column.
In addition to the replicated Fort Clatsop, another point of interest is the Astoria Column, a fortress 125 feet (38 m) high, assembled up on Coxcomb Hill above the town, with an inner circular staircase allowing visitors to climb to see a panoramic view of the town, the encircling lands, and the Columbia flowing into the Pacific.
Since 1998, artistically-inclined fishermen and women from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest have traveled to Astoria for the Fisher Poets Gathering, where poets and singers tell their tales to honor the fishing trade and lifestyle. Astoria is also the end of the Trans - America Bicycle Trail, a 4,250 miles (6,840 km) coast-to-coast bicycle touring route created in 1976 by the Adventure Cycling Association. Three United States Coast Guard cutters: the Steadfast, Alert, and Fir, call the port of Astoria home. Astoria lies inside the Mediterranean climate zone (Koppen Csb), with very mild temperatures year-round, some of the most consistent in the adjoining United States; winters are mild for this latitude (it usually remains above freezing at evening) and wet.
Astoria is tied with Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Port Arthur, Texas, as the most humid town/city in the adjoining United States.
The average relative humidity in Astoria is 89% in the morning and 73% in the afternoon. Climate data for Astoria, Oregon (1981 2010) Astoria operates under a council manager form of town/city government.
The Astoria School District has four major and secondary schools, including Astoria High School.
The Daily Astorian is the chief journal serving Astoria, it was established nearly 145 years ago, in 1873, and has been in printed announcement continuously since that time. The Coast River Business Journal is a monthly company periodical covering Astoria, Clatsop County, and the Northwest Oregon coast.
Shanghaied in Astoria is a musical about Astoria's history that has been performed in Astoria every year since 1984. Astoria was the setting of the 1985 film The Goonies, which was filmed on location.
Other movies filmed in Astoria include Short Circuit, The Black Stallion, Kindergarten Cop, Free Willy, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Benji the Hunted, The Ring Two, Into the Wild, The Guardian and Cthulhu. The early 1960s tv series Route 66 filmed the episode entitled "One Tiger to a Hill" in Astoria; it was broadcast on September 21, 1962.
Pop punk band The Ataris' fourth album was titled So Long, Astoria as an allusion to The Goonies.
The album's back cover features news clippings from Astoria, including a picture of the port's water fortress from a 2002 article on its demolition. USS Astoria (CA-34) off Mare Island in July 1941 Two US Navy Cruisers were titled USS Astoria: A New Orleans-class heavy cruiser (CA-34) and a Cleveland-class light cruiser (CL-90).
Astoria Riverfront Trolley Astoria Regional Airport CGAS Astoria The Astoria Column (the highest point in Astoria) Astoria has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International: Germany Walldorf, Germany, which is the place of birth of Astoria's namesake, John Jacob Astor, who was born in Walldorf near Heidelberg on July 17, 1763.
The sistercityship was established on Astor's 200th birthday in 1963 in Walldorf by Walldorf's mayor Wilhelm Willinger and Astoria's mayor Harry Steinbock. Bobby Anet, college basketball guard who helped guide the University of Oregon to win the inaugural NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship in 1938 39 attended Astoria High school. Jona Bechtolt, is an electronic musician and multimedia artist raised in Astoria.
Marie Dorion, the only female member of an overland expedition sent by the Pacific Fur Company to Fort Astoria in 1810. Clark Gable, actor, began his longterm position at the Astoria Theatre in 1922. Leick, a German born architect who moved to Astoria.
His Astoria designs include the Captain George Flavel House, the Clatsop County Courthouse, and the Grace Episcopal Church. Holly Madison, Playboy Magazine model and one of Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriends, born in Astoria but left before her 2nd birthday.
Lived and worked in Astoria for 30 years.
State of Oregon, and a judge of the Oregon Circuit Court for the 3rd judicial district.
Santeri Nuorteva, Finnish socialist politician and journalist, who edited Toveri ("The Comrade") in Astoria in 1912 1913. Father of Kerttu Nuorteva.
1950s TV horror hostess Vampira and co-star of Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space attended Astoria High School in the late 1930s. Jordan Poyer, NFL football player, raised in Astoria and played for Astoria teams. The Finnish Socialists of Astoria Astoria Regional Airport National Register of Historic Places listings in Clatsop County, Oregon - 43 Astoria structures & districts listed (2016) a b "2010 Enumeration profiles: Oregon metros/cities alphabetically A-C" (PDF).
"History & Culture: Places: Fort Clatsop The National Park Service maintains a replica fort inside the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park that is believed to sit on or near the site of the initial fort.".
Astoria & Empire.
United States Department of State (November 1, 2007).
"Convention of Commerce between His Majesty and the United States of America.
"Oregon Territorials - Oregon Sesquicentennial exhibit online version.pdf" (PDF).
"Astoria Embraces Chinese Legacy".
"Infernos leave historic marks on Astoria's waterfront".
"Chapter 3 - Port Town In Flames - The Astoria Fire - 1922".
"Report: Astoria tops West Coast fishing ports".
"Sour beer to join Astoria's impressive brewing lineup".
"Astoria Sunday Market - Astoria, OR".
"Astoria Column, Coxcomb Hill".
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"Astoria, Oregon (350324)".
"Astoria WSO Airport, Oregon (350328)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Subcounty populace estimates: Oregon 2000 2007" (CSV).
City of Astoria.
Newspapers Published in Oregon Oregon Blue Book.
"Oregon Newspaper Publishers Century Roster" (PDF).
"Visit Your Favorite Family Movie Locations in Astoria, Oregon".
"Movies filmed in Astoria Oregon".
Astoria Oregon.
"Filmed in Oregon 1908 2012" (PDF).
"The Ataris Hop On The Nostalgia Boat, Bring 'So Long, Astoria' Tour To Chicago".
Through the Perilous Night: The Astoria's Last Battle.
"Astoria III (CL-90)".
"Astoria Theatre Sign".
"Lundeen Made Lasting Impact at Oregon State".
Paul George Hummasti, Finnish Radicals in Astoria, Oregon, 1904 1940: A Study in Immigrant Socialism.
"Vampira: The haunting of Astoria High School".
"Astoria man set out to do something nice for his wife, ended up inventing cable TV".
Leedom, Karen L.: Astoria: An Oregon History.
Astoria, Oregon: Rivertide Publishing, 2008.
Includes chapter "Astoria and the Columbia River." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Astoria, Oregon.
Astoria travel guide from Wikivoyage Entry for Astoria in the Oregon Blue Book Astoria Documentary produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting Municipalities and communities of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States
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