The Astorians

A comprehensive timeline and presentation

Contributed by Robert Heacock

The following table is a comprehensive timeline of the expedition to establish a fur trade post at the mouth of the Columbia financed by John Jacob Astor. The timeline is from the personal notes of Robert Heacock. He hoped that researchers will find it helpful. As personal notes, sources were not provided and the researcher should confirm any event’s accuracy themselves.

Also below is the accompanying presentation that Robert sometimes gave while working as a resident historian aboard Columbia River cruise ships.

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