Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprize Beyond the Rocky Mountains by Washington Irving

Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprize Beyond the Rocky Mountains

Washington Irving

374 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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In 1811 a group of American traders built a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, named Fort Astoria in honor of its financier, John Jacob Astor. Envisioned as the spur of a fur-trading empire, by 1813 the project was a business failure and the...

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