Fort William (Oregon)
Fort William was a fur trading outpost built in 1834 by the American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, a mountain man, backed by American investors. It was located on the Columbia River on Wappatoo Island in what is now part of Portland, Oregon. After a few years, in 1837 Wyeth leased the post to the British Hudson’s Bay Company, which had much more power in the region from its base at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River near the ocean.
In 1835 the fort settlement was the site of a murder and the first Euro-American trial to be held in what is now the state of Oregon.
Read more about Fort William (Oregon): Background, Location, Operation, Murder
Famous quotes containing the words fort and/or william:
“Why, even when I was innocent her hatred of me hurt a good deal. Now that Im guilty, her belief in me would hurt even more.”
—Garrett Fort (19001945)
“Well, if I were going to haunt anybody, this would certainly be the house Id do it in.”
—Robb White, and William Castle. Lance Schroeder (Richard Long)