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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASTORIA , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, See also:

PORT

port of entry, and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Clatsop county, See also:

OREGON

Oregon, U.S.A., on the See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia See also:

RIVER

river, 8 m.from its mouth. Pop. (189o) 6184; (1900) 8381, of whom 3779 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born (many being Finns,—a Finnish weekly was established here in 1905), and 6o1 were See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese; (1910, See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 9599• It is served by the Astoria & Columbia River railroad (See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Pacific See also:

SYSTEM

System), and by several coastwise and foreign steamship lines (including that of the Oregon Railway & See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

Navigation Co.). The river here is about 6 m. wide, and the city has a See also:

WATER

water-front of about 5 M. and a deep, spacious and placid See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour. By dredging and the construction of jetties the Federal See also:

government has since 1885 greatly improved the channel at the mouth of the river. The business portion of the city occupies the See also:

low ground of the river bottom; the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence portion is on the hillsides overlooking the harbour. Astoria is the port of entry for the Oregon Customs See also:

DISTRICT

District, Oregon; in 1907 its imports were valued at $21,262, and its exports at $329,103. The city is especially important as a See also:

salmon fishing and packing centre (See also:

cod, See also:

HALIBUT

halibut and smaller See also:

fish also being abundant); it has also an extensive See also:

LUMBER

lumber See also:

trade, important lumber manufactories, pressed See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and terra-See also:

cotta factories, and See also:

DAIRY

dairy interests. In 1905 the value of the factory product was $3,092,628 (of which $1,759,871 was the value of preserved and canned fish), being an increase of 41.8 % in five years. Astoria is the See also:

OLDEST

oldest See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

settlement in the Columbia Valley. It was founded in 1811, as a See also:

DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot for the See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur trade, by See also:

John See also:

Jacob See also:

ASTOR, JOHN JACOB (1763-1848)

Astor, in whose See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour it was named. It was seized by the See also:

BRITISH

British in 1813, but was restored in 1818.

In 1821, while occupied by the See also:

North-See also:

West Fur See also:

COMPANY

Company, it was burned and practically abandoned, only a few settlers remaining. It was chartered as a city in 1876. See See also:

Washington See also:

Irving's Astoria; or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains (See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, 1836).

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