1: Early Exploration 1500-1806
--Maritime Exploration
--The Mighty Columbia
--The Chinookan People
--Lewis and Clark

2: The Fur Trade 1806-1840
--Establishing a Northwest Fur Trade
--The Tonquin Disaster
--Trading Post Becomes a Fort
--War of 1812
--Treaty of Ghent
--Hudson’s Bay Company
--Disease Takes a Toll
--Chief Comcomly’s Head
--Ranald MacDonald

3: Early Astoria 1840-1860
--Westward Migration
--Settling in Astoria
--Export Economy
--A Town Divided
--Delivering the Mail
--River Transportation
--Maritime Safety
--Losing Their Land
--A Town Slowly Emerges

4: Boom Times 1860-1900
--Homesteading
--Preparing for Defense
--The Big Cheese
--Fishing the Columbia
--Columbia River Canneries
--Chinese Cannery Workers
--Newspaper Man
--On the Wild Side
--Shanghaied
--Fire of 1883
--Getting Around
--Astoria’s Churches
--Building the South Jetty
--Columbia River Lights
--Early Coast Guard
--The Railroad
--Improved Logging
--Ellis Island of the Columbia
--The Strike of 1896
--Woman Surgeon
--Prohibition
--Women’s Rights

5: Hopes and Shattered Dreams 1900-1922
--Still Growing
--The Centennial Year
--Socialism in Astoria
--Modern Transportation
--Declining Salmon
--Logging
--First World War
--Ku Klux Klan
--Fire of 1922

6: Rising from the Ashes 1922-1950
--Rebuilding
--Astoria Column
--Swimming the Columbia
--The Great Depression
--Second World War
--Cable TV

7: Modern Times 1950-Present Day
--Falling Asleep
--Where Are They Now?
--Modern Coast Guard
--Navigating the River
--Bridge to Nowhere
--Hurray for Hollywood
--A Bright Red Trolley
--A New Awakening

8: Self-Guided Tour: Astoria Area
9: Self-Guided Tour: Along the River
10: Self-Guided Tour: Downtown Astoria
11: Chronology

Endnotes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Author
Index