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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255K_site-of-astorias-first-electric-generating-station_Astoria-OR.html
On Christmas Eve, 1885, direct current flowed from a small dynamo in a planer shed of West Shore Lumber Mills to light Astoria's first electric lamps. Wires strung across housetops connected the dynamo to 30 arc lamps. Customers paid $16 a lamp pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255J_uniontown-curfew-bell_Astoria-OR.html
City Ordinance 1891 "No minor permitted on the streets after 8 P.M. in winter, 9 P.M. in summer. This bell has hung in several locations in West Astoria since 1904 and was rung for many years to remind people of the curfew. In later years, it was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255I_traveling-the-rivers_Astoria-OR.html
Camping on the Clearwater River in present-day Idaho, the Corps of Discovery made dugout canoes from pine logs. For expediency, Sergeant Patrick Gass noted: "we have adopted the Indian method of burning out the canoes." Axes and adzes were used to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255D_sacagawea_Astoria-OR.html
"The Wife of Shabone our interpreter We find reconciles all the Indians, as to our friendly intentions A woman with a party of men is a token of peace." - Clark, October 13, 1805
"...your woman who accompanied you that long and dangerous and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255C_fort-clatsop_Astoria-OR.html
Fort Clatsop built by Lewis and Clark in December 1805 for use as winter quarters was situated eight-tenths of a mile south of this point. The site was chosen because of the game in the surrounding country and because it was convenient to the coas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255B_winter-at-fort-clatsop_Astoria-OR.html
Here, at the end of their westward journey, the 33 members of The Corps of Discovery spent four rainy months preparing for their return to St. Louis, Missouri. The men built huts to protect themselves and their supplies. They named it "Fort Clatso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM251H_cannon-beach_Arch-Cape-OR.html
Lt. Neil M. Howison, U.S.N., arrived in the Columbia River 1 July, 1846 on board the 300-ton United States Naval Survey Schooner "Shark" for the purpose of making an investigation of part of the Oregon Country. His report was instrumental in creat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250J_at-play-on-the-river_Astoria-OR.html
People have always turned to the river for enjoyment and just plain fun. Today you may see recreational sailboats, motorboats, jet-skis, kayaks, cruise ships, windsurfers, or kiteboards sharing the river with huge commercial ships.
In the past…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2501_a-great-artery-of-transportation_Astoria-OR.html
The Columbia River is a highway for huge amounts of freight. The most frequent outbound cargoes include wheat and other agricultural products from the inland Northwest, logs and lumber, and mining products like coke or potash. Entering the river, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2500_harvesting-river-sea_Astoria-OR.html
For thousands of years, Native Americans thrived on salmon fishing on the Columbia River. They traded dried fish with other native people all over the west. In the 1870s, later settlers also made commercial fishing a way of life. It remains a stro…