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The Astorian, formerly known as The Daily Astorian, is a newspaper, published in Astoria, Oregon, United States, established in 1873, [3] and in publication continuously since then. [4] The paper serves the Astoria, Warrenton , Seaside area, the Long Beach Peninsula , and surrounding areas.
The Astorian (formerly The Daily Astorian) is the main newspaper serving Astoria. It was established 152 years ago, in 1873, [ 67 ] and has been in continuous publication since that time. [ 68 ] The Coast River Business Journal is a monthly business magazine covering Astoria, Clatsop County, and the Northwest Oregon coast.
Total assets. $200,000 (1810) Parent. American Fur Company. The Pacific Fur Company (PFC) was an American fur trade venture wholly owned and funded by John Jacob Astor that functioned from 1810 to 1813. It was based in the Pacific Northwest, an area contested over the decades among the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Spanish ...
Gabriel Franchère’s 1813 sketch of Fort Astoria. The book describes an expedition to the mouth of the Columbia River and the ultimate failure of attempts in the early 19th century to establish a permanent American-controlled commercial base at Astoria. The 1810–1813 expedition was financed by the New York business man, John Jacob Astor ...
Kathryn B. Brown. Number of employees. 185 (2024) Website. eomediagroup.com. The EO Media Group, formerly known as the East Oregonian Publishing Company, is a newspaper publishing company based in the U.S. state of Oregon. It publishes 17 newspapers in the state and in southwestern Washington.
Astoria, Queens. Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, and Woodside and East Elmhurst to the east. As of 2019, Astoria has an estimated ...
May 2, 1974. The Astoria Column is a tower in the northwest United States, overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River on Coxcomb Hill in Astoria, Oregon. Built in 1926, the concrete and steel structure is part of a 30-acre (12 ha) city park called Astor Park. The 125-foot (38 m)-tall column has a 164-step spiral staircase ascending to an ...
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 was sent on board the Tonquin, while another party traveled overland from St. Louis. This land based group later became known as the Astor Expedition.