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    Fort Astoria (also named Fort George) was the primary fur trading post of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company (PFC). A maritime contingent of PFC staff...
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    American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site and established a monopoly in the fur trade in the early 19th century. Astoria was incorporated by the...
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  • Astoria Park Astoria, Oregon Fort Astoria, fur trading post of the Pacific Fur Company Astoria Regional Airport Astoria, South Dakota Astoria Canyon, a submarine...
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    Pacific Fur Company (category Astoria, Oregon)
    was constructed at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1811, Fort Astoria (present-day Astoria, Oregon). The destruction of the company vessel the Tonquin...
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    his survey of the entire Columbia, arriving at a partially constructed Fort Astoria two months after the departure of John Jacob Astor's ill-fated Tonquin...
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    the river in March 1811, the Tonquin crew began building what became Fort Astoria. The ship left supplies and men to continue work on the station and ventured...
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    European-American party to cross South Pass during an overland expedition from Fort Astoria to Saint Louis in 1811. He was a member of the North West Company (NWC)...
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  • Coalpo (section Fort Astoria)
    (PFC) vessel the Tonquin entered the Columbia River and established Fort Astoria. Founded by German-American merchant John Jacob Astor, the PFC was intended...
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    emerging fur district. The American Pacific Fur Company (PFC) founded Fort Astoria near the entrance of the Columbia River and began to counter the interior...
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    Fort George Brewery is a craft brewery in the northwest United States located in Astoria, Oregon. The brewery produces about 32,000 beer barrels annually...
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