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Astoria, Oregon is
located on the South Shore of the Columbia River on US Highway-101.
Astoria is the oldest American
settlement west of the Rockies.
In May of 1792 the American
Captain Robert Gray sailed his ship, the Columbia Rediviva into the mouth
of the Columbia River. Ten years
later President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to survey overland
access to the Pacific Coast. They
left Pittsburgh in August of 1803 and arrived in the Astoria area in
November of 1805 and wintered over at Fort Clatsop until March of 1806.
The settlement dates back to 1811
with the arrival of John Jacob Astor’s fur trading company. There are more
historical points of interest in Astoria than anywhere else on the Oregon
Coast.
Astoria has a population of around
10,000 people and Warrenton, just across Youngs Bay, has a population of
nearly 5,000. Fort Stevens State
Park is in Warrenton and offers the visitor extensive access to the Pacific
Ocean Beaches in the area as well as RV and Camping spaces.
Further west most maps still show
Hammond but Hammond and Warrenton consolidated and now the area is just
Warrenton.
This area has a
Pacific Coast marine climate. That
means that the summer weather is cooler that in the inland valleys
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