Standing in the Gap for Oregon

Flavel House, Astoria, OR Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare His praise in the coastlands. Isaiah 42:12 Clatsop County is in the top northwestern corner of the state, bordered by the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean.  It is home to the oldest American settlement in the Northwest, Astoria, founded by trappers sent out by John Jacob Astor in 1811. Before that, just a bit south, the Lewis can Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1905-6 at Fort Clatsop. You can still visit a replica on the site. Astoria is the county seat, and the county was created in 1844 from a portion of one of the original four districts, Twality. Clatsop County, OR An early settler in Astoria, and one credited with creating modern Astoria, was Captain George Flavel. Born, it is believed, in Ireland, he first caught sight of the little village of Astoria in 1849 when he was shipping supplies during the gold rush. He had sailed around the Horn as a young man from New Jersey to make his fortune in th...