Astoria
or, Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Oregon
Northwest, pacific, fiction
Description and travel. [from old catalog]
Fourrures
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Fur trade
Frontier and pioneer life, fiction
Indiens
Discoveries in geography
Indiens d'Amérique
Descriptions et voyages
Fiction, westerns
Discovery and exploration
Fiction, action & adventure
Commerce
American literature
Indians of North America
Sources
Fiction, historical, general
Travel
Description and travel
History
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 fort was surrendered to the British. But in its shor…
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