Marie Dorion Found Her Husband Dead In The Snow — Then Crossed 250 Miles Of Frozen Wilderness With Her Two Children
Astor’s strategy, as he explained it to the investors and business partners he recruited, was to establish a permanent American commercial presence at the mouth of the Columbia River that would be difficult to dislodge.
A well-provisioned trading post, operating profitably and generating the local relationships necessary for sustained commercial activity, would be a more enduring American claim than any government expedition or diplomatic assertion.
The plan almost worked.
Fort Astoria was established.
The sea party arrived.
The overland party arrived.
The post began operating.
Then the War of 1812 changed everything.
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