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
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

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, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

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
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon fishing and packing centre (See also:

• COD

cod, See also:

• HALIBUT

halibut and smaller See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

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

• LUMBER

lumber See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

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
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

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
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

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
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

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
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

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
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

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

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, 1836) .