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First post office west of the Rocky Mountains, Astoria, 1847

Date
  • 1900/1940
Description
  • This house at Astoria was once occupied as a residence by Ezra Fisher, a missionary. On March 9, 1847, John M. Shively was appointed postmaster for Astoria and soon afterwards this building became the first U.S. postoffice west of the Rocky Mountains.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Identifier
  • P217:25:27
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 38 - Early Settlement of Oregon
Institution
Conversion
  • Master scanned with Epson 1640XL scanner at 800 dpi., 8 bit gray scale. Image manipulated with Adobe Photoshop Elements ver. 7.0.
Submission Date
  • 08/12/2015
Modified
  • 05/25/2023
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (19 Apr 2024). First post office west of the Rocky Mountains, Astoria, 1847 Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70dh72f

MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "First post office west of the Rocky Mountains, Astoria, 1847" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70dh72f

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "First post office west of the Rocky Mountains, Astoria, 1847" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70dh72f

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70dh72f | title= First post office west of the Rocky Mountains, Astoria, 1847 |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-19 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Post office buildings http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105476
2 lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
3 Astoria >> Clatsop County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5711847/
4 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
5 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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