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Fort Clatsop was the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River during the winter of 1805–1806. Located along the Lewis and Clark River at the north end of the Clatsop Plains approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Astoria, the fort was the last encampment of the Corps of Discovery, before embarking on their return trip east to ...
Fort Columbia State Park preserves Fort Columbia, a coastal artillery post along the north side of the Columbia river outlet. At 593 acres (240 ha), the park includes an interpretive center focused on the fort and regional history. Chinook Point, the site from which an American captain, Robert Gray, first saw the Columbia River, is part of the ...
Location of Clatsop County in Oregon. This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them.
The Corps departs Fort Clatsop, eager to begin their journey home. [123] April 18: The expedition reaches the Columbia's Great Falls. They need horses for re-crossing the Rockies, but the Native Americans demand steep prices so they buy only four. [124] April 28: They leave Oregon, following the Columbia to the Snake River in southeastern ...
Clatsop: 62 5 Columbia: 13 6 Coos: 54 7 Crook: 6 8 Curry: 46 9 Deschutes: 47 10 Douglas: 51 11 Gilliam: 3 12 Grant: 9 13 Harney: 7 14 Hood River: 37 15 Jackson: 154 16 Jefferson: 9 17 Josephine: 61 18 Klamath: 30 19 Lake: 20 20 Lane: 138 21 Lincoln: 35 22 Linn: 76 23 Malheur: 18 24 Marion: 120 25 Morrow: 5 26.1 Multnomah: North Portland: 35: 26 ...
The fort was constructed in 1863-64 during the Civil War as an earthwork battery on the south shore of the mouth of the Columbia River, and was known as the Fort at Point Adams. [3] It was later renamed as Fort Stevens in 1865, in honor of the former territorial governor of Washington , Isaac Stevens, who had been killed in action at the Battle ...
Clatsop members regularly visited the fort to trade furs and other goods for European manufactured goods. The Clatsop shared salmon, berries, and hunting tips with the Corps of Discovery. In contrast to the Corps' interactions with the Plains Indians the previous winter, their interaction with the Clatsop was more limited. The two groups did ...
Map of Clatsop County. Clatsop County (/ ˈ k l æ t s ə p /) is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,072. [1] The county seat is Astoria. [2] The county is named for the Clatsop tribe of Native Americans, who lived along the coast of the Pacific Ocean prior to European settlement