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Overview
Dedicated in 1926, the Astoria Column is the westernmost and perhaps the most imposing of twelve monuments built under the aegis of Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern Railroad, between St. Paul, Minnesota and Astoria, Oregon. The column was designed by architect Electus Litchfield and then painted by the Italian artist Attilio Pusteria, who used a technique known as sgraffito to blow colored powder onto wet plaster through holes poked in large drawings. The Euro-American history of the Columbia River mouth is portrayed on the Column, focusing on three episodes: the explorations of Robert Gray, the arrival of Lewis and Clark, and then the arrival of the ship Tonquin , used to establish an outpost of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company here.
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Photos
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