[DOC] [TLE] John Jacob Astor - Wikipedia [PAR] John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763  March 29, 1848), born Johann Jakob Astor, 
was a German ... He moved to the United States after the American Revolutionary 
War. ... member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United 
States. ... through which hundreds of thousands of settlers on the Oregon, 
Mormon,... [DOC] [TLE] Astoria, Oregon - Wikipedia [PAR] Astoria is the seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Situated near the 
mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor 
John Jacob Astor. His American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 
1811, 205 ... It holds the distinction of being the first permanent United States 
settlement... [DOC] [TLE] Astoria | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello [PAR] Astoria. Astoria, or Fort Astoria, was the United States' first settlement west of the 
Rocky Mountains. ... was devised by the wealthy New Yorker John Jacob Astor (
1763-1848). ... they had realized Jefferson's dream of transcontinental American 
settlement. ... Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky 
Mountains. [DOC] [TLE] Astoria History - Astoria Riverfront Trolley [PAR] Astoria originally had trolley service back in the 1880s, first horse-drawn, then 
electric. ... Uniontown was named after the Union Cannery. ..... Astoria is the 
oldest American settlement west of the Rockies, dating from the fur trading ... at 
the site of the original post at 15th and Franklin John Jacob Astor never visited 
Astoria. [DOC] [TLE] Astoria . TV | OPB [PAR] Astoria. by Eric Cain OPB | Jan. 26, 2015 7:30 a.m. | Updated: April 2, 2015 6:54 
a.m. ... John Jacob Astor, it's the oldest United States settlement west of the ... 
was that the first non-native settlement there was an American settlement  
Astoria. ... The first U.S. Post Office west of the Rockies was established in Astoria 
in... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Astoria - Fort George - Lewis and Clark National Historical Park ... [PAR] ... employees of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, the fort would become 
the first permanent American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. This fort... [DOC] [TLE] John Jacob Astor: Wealthy Merchant and Fur Trader | HistoryNet [PAR] John Jacob Astor, the man most closely associated with the American fur trade ... 
Georgian Bay and the Great Lakes, and past the settlement of Grand Portage to 
the .... In the United States traders were in the Rockies already, and in Canada 
they were ... The traders named it after their employer, and thus Astoria was born. [DOC] [TLE] John Jacob Astor is born - Jul 17, 1763 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, John Jacob Astor is born on Jul 17, 1763. ... the growing 
American fur trade, Astor made numerous trips to the western frontier, and by the 
end of the century, he had become the leading fur merchant in the United States. 
... Within two years, his men had established a trading post named Astoria at the
... [DOC] [TLE] Columbia River Invaded with Spades, Notebooks, Bibles and Disease [PAR] Fort Astoria Became Fort George As Ultimate Control Was Undefined ... camped 
at Fort Clatsop for the winter, John Jacob Astor sent ships to establish the first 
permanent American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. ... flag and claimed 
the vast area  the entire region of the Columbia watershed for the United 
States. [DOC] [TLE] Oregon Blue Book: Oregon History: Land-based Fur Trade and ... [PAR] He and his party crossed the Rockies and descended the Columbia. ... toehold, 
the first permanent Euro-American settlement in the region, at Astoria. ... John 
Jacob Astor established an early but tenuous American presence in the ... the 
post purchased and named by the North West Company for King George III of 
England. [DOC] [TLE] Oregon State History - Things To Do [PAR] 1811John Jacob Astor founds Astoria, the first permanent settlement ... Captain 
Robert Gray was the first to sail into the Columbia River, which he named for his 
...

Question: Named for John Jacob Astor, Astoria, first American settlement west of the Rockies, is in this state
Answer: Oregon