welcome back history fans!! today in class we were looking at old newspapers from the Western Frontier!! i mainly focused on Oregon, and I found the CUTEST town called Astoria. In the 1870s, not much was happening in Astoria, except that two alligators ate a man in South Georgia! news travels fast!!
since Astoria is located on the Columbia River, there were a lot of pictures of boats! like this one
this is Astoria from a birds eye view!!
this is a salmon cannery in astoria, it is located on the columbia river
this newspaper showed me a little piece of the west in the 1870s, not only did it talk about alligators, but it talked about Lincoln before he died, the feminine economy and even had a feature on the Eastern states! The Daily Astorian, also talked about the restaurants and hotels in the town, the different jobs available and different ads in different cities.
newspaper article
until next time!
xoxo
ellie
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