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"Erection of a fort was begun April 12, 1811, by the 33 members of the Astor party who sailed around Cape Horn in the ship Tonquin and established here the famous fur-trading post which was the first settlement west of the Rocky Mountains."

"Placed by the Astoria Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, October 6, 1924."

November 11, 1924. Armistice Day was observed at Salem by the unveiling of a soldiers' monument which was purchased with funds raised through a campaign conducted by the local branch of the American War Mothers. Chaplain W. S. Gilbert of the 162nd infantry was the principal speaker of the occasion.

November 11, 1924. Under the direction of the American Legion, a bronze tablet was dedicated to ex-service men, at the municipal auditorium of The Dalles on Armistice day. Harold J. Warner of Pendleton gave the dedicatory address.

A bronze tablet, memorial to Samuel K. Barlow, has been placed at Government Camp, on the Oregon Trail by the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers. Mr. Barlow, in 1846, built and opened a road over the Cascade Mountains, on the south side of Mount Hood. The dedication services for this tablet will be held in conjunction with those for the new Mt. Hood Loop Highway, some time in the late summer, under the auspices of the Sons and Daughters of Pioneers. The land upon which the marker has been placed will soon be deeded to the state. Members of the committee in charge are: Mr. Harvey Starkweather, chairman; Mrs. D. P. Thompson, Mrs. Mary Barlow Wilkins, ex-officio; Mr. Leslie Scott, Mrs. W. B. Crane, Mr. George H. Himes.

For the fourth time in thirty-four years, the United States Geographic Board has ruled against changing the