Text Panels from the Astoria Column, reading from the bottom to top.

BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME

ROBERT GRAY IN THE SHIP COLUMBIA IN THE GREAT RIVER OF THE WEST
 MAY 11, 1792

GRAY FINDS AN INDIAN VILLAGE ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER

LT. BROUGHTON NAMES MT. HOOD, OCT. 1792

THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS

INDIANS GREET THE EXPLORERS

LEWIS AND CLARK REACH THE PACIFIC

THEY OBTAIN SALT BY BOILING SEA WATER

FORT CLATSOP ESTABLISHED DECEMBER 1805

FORT CLATSOP IS COMPLETED

INDIAN FISHING AND BOAT BUILDING INDUSTRY

ASTOR OVERLAND PARTY LEAVING ST.LOUIS

TONQUIN SAILS FROM NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 8, 1810

TONQUIN ARRIVES AT MOUTH OF COLUMBIA SPRING 1811

OVERLANDERS CROSS THE DIVIDE LED BY WILSON PRICE HUNT

DESTRUCTION OF THE TONQUIN, SUMMER OF 1811

FIRST OVERLAND ASTORIANS ARRIVE

ARRIVAL OF THE LOST OVERLANDERS

TRANSFER OF ASTORIA TO THE NORTHWEST COMPANY, OCT. 1813

U.S. SHIP ONTARIO FLYING AMERICAN FLAG. 1818

COMING OF THE PIONEERS - 1837-1848

THE RAILWAY ARRIVES 1893