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Washington Irving
Books by Washington Irving
Astoria
Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains
In 1811 a group of American traders built a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, named Fort Astoria in honor of its financier, John Jacob Astor. Envisioned as the spur of a fur-trading empire, by 1813 the project was a business failure and the fort was surrendered to the British. But in its s...
