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The Story of Astoria, with a Sketch of the Pacific Fur Company (1895)

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Peter Koch, Bozeman, was born in Denmark in 1844. In 1865, he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York in May, 1865, penniless and unaccustomed to work of any kind. He finally found his way to an uncle in southern Mississippi, where he remained until the spring of 1869, when he started for the Northwest. He boarded a steamboat for Ft. Benton and the gold mines. But due to low river levels he left the boat, embarked on a raft, made by tying a few cottonwood logs together with willows, and started back down the river to a little trading settlement at the mouth of the Muscleshell, engaged in wood-chopping, working and hunting through the winter. The Indians burned all his wood in the spring, leaving him again without a dollar, and in debt for his winter supplies. Despite this unpromising start, he later became a prominent banker and the founder of Montana State University, as well as Treasurer of the Montana Historical Society.

Astoria is situated near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor. His American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1811. The Pacific Fur Company, a subsidiary of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, was created to begin fur trading in the Oregon Country. Its primary fur-trading post, Fort Astoria, was built in 1811, holding the distinction of being the first permanent U.S. settlement on the Pacific coast. It was an extremely important post for American exploration of the continent and was later used as an American claims in the Oregon boundary dispute with other European nations. British explorer David Thompson was the first European to navigate the entire length of the Columbia River in 1811. Thompson reached the partially constructed Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia, arriving two months after the Pacific Fur Company's ship, the Tonquin.

Originally published in 1895; reformatted for the Kindle; may contain occasional imperfection; original spellings have been kept in place.

Language: English

Pages: 13

Format: Kindle Edition

The Story of Astoria, with a Sketch of the Pacific Fur Company (1895)

5/5 ( ratings)

Peter Koch, Bozeman, was born in Denmark in 1844. In 1865, he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York in May, 1865, penniless and unaccustomed to work of any kind. He finally found his way to an uncle in southern Mississippi, where he remained until the spring of 1869, when he started for the Northwest. He boarded a steamboat for Ft. Benton and the gold mines. But due to low river levels he left the boat, embarked on a raft, made by tying a few cottonwood logs together with willows, and started back down the river to a little trading settlement at the mouth of the Muscleshell, engaged in wood-chopping, working and hunting through the winter. The Indians burned all his wood in the spring, leaving him again without a dollar, and in debt for his winter supplies. Despite this unpromising start, he later became a prominent banker and the founder of Montana State University, as well as Treasurer of the Montana Historical Society.

Astoria is situated near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor. His American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1811. The Pacific Fur Company, a subsidiary of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, was created to begin fur trading in the Oregon Country. Its primary fur-trading post, Fort Astoria, was built in 1811, holding the distinction of being the first permanent U.S. settlement on the Pacific coast. It was an extremely important post for American exploration of the continent and was later used as an American claims in the Oregon boundary dispute with other European nations. British explorer David Thompson was the first European to navigate the entire length of the Columbia River in 1811. Thompson reached the partially constructed Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia, arriving two months after the Pacific Fur Company's ship, the Tonquin.

Originally published in 1895; reformatted for the Kindle; may contain occasional imperfection; original spellings have been kept in place.

Language: English

Pages: 13

Format: Kindle Edition

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