6 ASTORIA-WARRENTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HISTORY HISTO STEP INTO THE PAST Astoria is the oldest permanent U.S. settlement west of the Rocky Mountains and we have more historical markers than any other region in Oregon. Long before the arrival of European settlers, Astoria and Warrenton were important gathering and trading places for the Indigenous peoples who call this region home. Six years after the Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived in the region and braved the winter of 1805 at Fort Clatsop, John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company established a trading post where Astoria now stands. This area played a central role in the course of U.S. westward expansion. Occupied by both the U.S. and Britain after the Treaty of 1818, the area officially became a U.S. territory in 1848. Pier 39 is Astoria’s largest and oldest waterfront building, home to shops, restaurants and the historic Hanthorn Cannery Museum. Photo: April Siracusa
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