Astoria - Cannon Beach - Gearhart - Hammond - Seaside -
Tolovana Park - Warrenton
Clatsop County was created
from the original Tuality District in 1844 and named for
the Clatsop Indians, one of the many Chinook tribes
living in Oregon. The Journals of Lewis and Clark
mention the tribe. Fort Clatsop, Lewis and Clark's
winter headquarters in 1805 and now a national memorial
near the mouth of the Columbia River, also took the
tribe's name.
Astoria, Oregon's oldest city, was established as a fur
trading post in 1811 and named after John Jacob Astor.
The first U.S. Post Office west of the Rocky Mountains
was also established in Astoria in 1847. The first
county courthouse was completed in 1855; the present
courthouse was erected in 1904. Records show that the
summer resort of Seaside was founded by Ben Holladay,
pioneer Oregon railroad builder, in the early 1870s when
he constructed the Seaside House, a famous luxury hotel
for which the city was finally named. The Lewis and
Clark Expedition reached the Pacific Ocean at this spot.
Clatsop County Website
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