Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-10-12

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Lame as a settlement. The .iiJafroEs,
sailed JULY 9th. 1909. rsa Cape Horn and
the Sandwich Islands, arriving at the
mouth Of the Columbia, May 2jih. After
cruising some ten days in the river, Oak
Point was selected as the site OF the estsb-
lishmeut. Lang was cleared, seeds plant
ed, and the erection # a trading and
dwelling house commenced. The annual
freshet of the Columbia, soon after, inua-
dated the garden, food. d the storc-house
and caused the abandonment of the enter
prise. 1t must bs borne in mind that Or
egon originally embraced Washington
Territory, that the Columbia river is the
common boundary, its development histo-
ry common to each.
Qsll.) Although Astoria is not in the
Territory. yet its location and connected
posts, establishments and operations are
inseparably blended with the subsequent
history and development Of this whole re-
gion. Indeed, early after its establishment,
Astoria became but an incident Of those
events the theatre of which was almost en-
tirely north of the Columbia river, hence
within the limits of this Territory. In
1910, John Jacob Astor formed the Pacific
Fur Company. His plan embra ed prin-
cipal settlement at the mouth fthc Column
bia, as a headquarters and depot for trad
ing establishments aud parties to be dis
.ributed through the interior, with line
of posts on the Columbia and Missouri
rivers. The ship Tom4~in, Capt. Thorne,
U. s. Navy. on furlough, conveyed a
party ria Cape Horn, md Wilson p. Hunt
simultaneously led an expedition across
the Rocky Mountains to the mouth of the
Columbia. III March, 1911, the Ionquin
arrived, and on the 18th April the erection
Of tho fort and warehouse commenced at
Astoria. The (British) Northwest Com
pany of Canada (scveral of whose members
Mr.. Astor had taken into his cntcrprise),
determined to battle Mr.. Astor's scheme
To avoid the impressment of Canadian
employees as British subjects, Mr.. Astor
secured the convoy by the L. s. frigat.
Constitution we'll off the United States
Coast. Simultaneous with his sailing, the
Northwest Company sent a party over
land, under command of David Thompson
who was expected to reach the mouth Of
the Columbia river before the arrival OF
the Iosqsin. Snow in the Rocky Noun
tains checked the progress of Mr.. Thomp.
son. He arrived at the mouth of the Spo.
kane river and established a post about
the time the settlement ss Astsia wa. com
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