CAPTAIN ROBERT GRAY
SHIP COLUMBIA
May 11, 1792, Captain Gray, in command of the ship "Columbia," sailed into the Columbia River and anchored a short distance from what is now known as Chinook Point, opposite Astoria. He named the river after his vessel. Th "Columbia" was built near Boston in 1773 and was broken to pieces in 1801. It was the first vessel to carry the Stars and Stripes around the world. It is believed this was the original flag made by Mrs. Betsy Ross, according to the design adopted by Congress on June 14, 1777. Taken from the photograph of a large oil painting by an eastern artist for C. S Jackson, publisher of the Oregon Daily Journal, and used for the first time in a Souvenir Edition of that paper in 1905. The photograph was presented to the Portland Press Club.
May 11, 1792, Captain Gray, in command of the ship "Columbia," sailed into the Columbia River and anchored a short distance from what is now known as Chinook Point, opposite Astoria. He named the river after his vessel. Th "Columbia" was built near Boston in 1773 and was broken to pieces in 1801. It was the first vessel to carry the Stars and Stripes around the world. It is believed this was the original flag made by Mrs. Betsy Ross, according to the design adopted by Congress on June 14, 1777. Taken from the photograph of a large oil painting by an eastern artist for C. S Jackson, publisher of the Oregon Daily Journal, and used for the first time in a Souvenir Edition of that paper in 1905. The photograph was presented to the Portland Press Club.
