The Oregon State Building

Fort Clatsop, which was reproduced as Oregon's State building, was closely allied with the history of the Louisiana Purchase, The one hundredth anniversary of which the Exposition celebrated. Lewis and Clark, whose exploration of the northwest territory followed its acquisition by the United States, constructed the original Fort Clatsop in the winter of 1805. Its site was on a bluff overlooking what is now the City of Astoria. From this fortivication the pathfinders directed their expedition which resulted in the development of a vast winlderness. Located directly behind the great Cascade Gardesn and near the beautiful Art Palace, the quaint old for, built of logs brought from Oregon Forests, and surrounded by a stockade suggestive of the perilous days of the frontier, commanded the attention of all fair goers. The structure and its surroundings were reproduceds as nearly like the original as was possible and the effect was most impressive because of the rusticity of the architecture, which was forcibly contrasted with the modern structural crations on every side. Relics of early days in the far West and curios of pioneer expeditions were used to furnish the building.




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