Fort Astoria

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Fort Astoria was an early 19th-century Pacific Northwest fur trading post established by John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company, considered the first permanent U.S. settlement on the Pacific coast.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Fort Astoria canonical 5
Astoria (as Fort George) 1
Astoria trading post 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former fort ⓘ
fur trading post ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWith American expansion to the Pacific ⓘ
Astor Expedition ⓘ
Maritime fur trade ⓘ
Overland fur trade routes ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1811 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse commemorative historical site ⓘ
fortificationType palisaded fort ⓘ
foundedBy John Jacob Astor ⓘ
Pacific Fur Company ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Early American presence in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
First permanent U.S. settlement on the Pacific coast ⓘ
hasPart dwellings ⓘ
palisade walls ⓘ
storehouses ⓘ
trading house ⓘ
heritageDesignation Listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1962 ⓘ
inception 1811 ⓘ
locatedIn Astoria, Oregon ⓘ
Clatsop County, Oregon ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Mouth of the Columbia River ⓘ
locatedOn Columbia River ⓘ
material wood ⓘ
namedAfter John Jacob Astor ⓘ
operator Pacific Fur Company ⓘ
partOf American fur trade ⓘ
Pacific Fur Company network ⓘ
politicalStatusChange Restored to U.S. sovereignty after War of 1812 ⓘ
Transferred to British control during War of 1812 ⓘ
renamedAs Fort George ⓘ
replacedBy Town of Astoria ⓘ
linked to: City of Astoria
significantEvent Arrival of the ship Tonquin in 1811 ⓘ
Overland arrival of Astor expedition members in 1812 ⓘ
Renamed Fort George under British control ⓘ
Sale to North West Company in 1813 ⓘ
soldTo North West Company ⓘ
use fur trade ⓘ
trading post ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Astoria, Oregon → wasSiteOf → Fort Astoria ⓘ
subject linked to: Astoria
Astoria, Oregon → foundedAs → Astoria trading post ⓘ
linked to: Fort Astoria
Astoria, Oregon → wasSiteOf → Fort Astoria ⓘ
British Empire in the Pacific Northwest → mainPort → Astoria (as Fort George) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Astoria
Fort George → hasFormerName → Fort Astoria ⓘ
Fort George → relatedPlace → Fort Astoria ⓘ