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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 • B1
WATER UNDER
THE BRIDGE
COMPILED BY BOB DUKE
From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers
10 years ago
this week — 2011
WARRENTON — Nicole Atchley watched her hus-
band, Daniel, die in front of her.
His entire unit, the 2nd Virginia Regiment, lay scattered
on the battlefi eld, wiped out by a single burst of cannon fi re.
Men darted behind trees, crouched in the dry grass and fi red
their muskets, accompanied by the pounding of drums and
the screams of the maimed. It was pandemonium.
But the real nuisance was the rapidly warming weather,
which made things a tad uncomfortable for the slain.
“They prefer to die in the shade,” said Atchley, pointing
out “zombies” who sipped from their canteens and rejoined
the fi ghting when spectators looked the other way.
The Atchleys, of Albany, drove in Friday morning to
participate in th e Northwest Civil War Council’s annual
Civil War re-enactment, held every Labor Day weekend at
Fort Stevens State Park for the last 23 years.
Several Astoria establishments already brew
their own beer and at least two people some-
where in town are probably making wine in their
basements.
Next up: vodka.
After an Astoria City Council meeting Tuesday
night, the group of men behind Pacifi ck Distillers
are one step closer to their goal of opening a vodka
distillery in Astoria, at No. 1 Fourth Street, behind
Burger King.
The City Council unanimously approved a
liquor license application for Pacifi ck Distillers
Tuesday.
“As someone who has a business that does sell
spirits as well as wine and beer, the ... craft vodka
business is a real burgeoning section of this,” said
City Councilor Peter Roscoe, before voting to
approve the liquor license application.
“I think this could be really exciting,” he added.
On Sept. 11, 2001, I was already at the offi ce when I
received a call from p ublisher Steve Forrester from his
home and m anaging e ditor Patrick Webb in Washington,
D.C., telling me that a plane had crashed into the World
Trade Center and we should devote that day’s Daily Asto-
rian to what they thought was a terrorist attack.
It was nearly 6 a.m. I turned on the TV to CNN and
watched a second plane plow into the World Trade Cen-
ter and the chaos that ensued. As mesmerizing as the cov-
erage was, I had to get in gear and gather what I could for
our readership.
But fi rst, I had to design that day’s sports page. Talk
about a challenge. The U.S. was under attack and yet we
had to let people know what the local sports teams had
accomplished the night before.
That done, I turned my attention to the Associated Press
wire. As a member of the wire service, we all depend on
each other to supply news in our coverage areas. In addi-
tion to acquiring the very latest written information before
our deadline, I had to fi nd the best photos to illustrate the
catastrophe. Forrester and I worked on the headlines and
layout over the next few days as we continued to deliver the
latest available information to our read ing public.
Many of the photos we chose have become iconic
images of the mass destruction.
— Sue Cody, deputy managing editor
2011 — The Daily Astorian front pages for Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, 2001 captured the story using images that have become
iconic in the 10 years that have passed.
and 38 two-bedroom residential units, plus off -
street parking for the development.
2011 — A couple enjoys a tranquil moment, taking in the
sunset over the Peter Iredale shipwreck on Saturday.
75 years ago — 1946
50 years ago — 1971
It’s over.
A 3,000-mile odyssey for 22 Green Berets retracing the
steps of explorers Lewis and Clark ended at Fort Clatsop
on Sunday . T he end of the trip provokes mixed emotions,
probably for all a relief that a four-month journey marked
by danger and hardship is over but, in another sense, a let-
down that a great adventure ended.
Capt. Bernard J. Harkins — h e says he would rather be
called “Berney” — commanded one of two boats of Green
Berets. Harkins, from El Cajon, California , said his group
faced many problems along the way from Missouri but he
also said ingenuity pulled them through in every case.
He complained most about mosquitoes that made life
miserable during the trek through North Dakota and Mon-
tana. “At Williston, N.D., there was a welcoming party
there waiting for us — mosquitoes,” he said.
It seems that Lewis and Clark also experienced prob-
lems with mosquitoes and, according to their journals, the
same places as the Green Berets did, Harkins said. “At spe-
cifi c campsites mentioned by Lewis and Clark we also
found mosquitoes — they must be 50th generation descen-
dants of the mosquitoes that bothered Lewis and Clark,”
Harkins quipped.
But the pesky critters were not the only bond the Green
Berets felt with the fi rst explorers who made the journey
CANNON BEACH — Haystack summer program has
been saved.
Portland State University will sponsor the summer edu-
cation program previously conducted by the Portland-based
Division of Continuing Education here. Verifi cation of
sponsorship by PSU’s newly created Department of Con-
tinuing Education.
Budgetary cutbacks for DCE ordered by the s tate Leg-
islature have spelled doom for numerous adult-education
programs . One of them was to be the popular Haystack
project, which has been held for three summers at Cannon
Beach Grade School.
1971 — Crowds lined the waterfront of Astoria on Saturday
as Green Berets paddled by on the next-to-last leg of their
four-month trek across the Lewis and Clark trail.
west. Most of the Green Berets marveled that anybody could
have made the trip without at least some of the modern con-
veniences the Green Berets had, that is, if you call 15-man
assault boats and sleeping bags the modern conveniences.
The Astoria P lanning C ommission reacted
favorably to the intent of an estimated $1.5 mil-
lion 4.5- acre planned development on the Asto-
ria waterfront Wednesday night. But it suggested
that the developers apply for a zone change with
the city and check their plans with the state before
moving ahead.
A Rainier development fi rm has purchased
property on the waterfront at Second Street and
Marine Drive and also the old White Star Can-
nery north of the railroad tracks. The develop-
ment calls for a service station, a mini-grocery
store, restaurant, a 40-unit motel, marina sales,
marina repair, private boat moorage for 92 stalls
One hundred years ago today the U.S. Navy sailing
schooner Shark cracked upon Peacock spit and a part of her
wreckage, including a deck gun, washed ashore at what has
since been Cannon Beach.
All hands aboard the vessel, which was outbound,
reached the shore. The cannon was abandoned by the
N avy, presumably after proper salvage surveys, and has
since then, like a good watchdog, stood guard with his nose
pointed defi antly into the beautiful western skies of Can-
non Beach.
People of Cannon Beach today were surprised that the
hundredth anniversary should arouse attention. There were
no ceremonies, but people like to talk about being 100 years
old.
Aimo H. Green, who lives at 230 Nehalem in
Astoria, is Clatsop County’s sport salmon cham-
pion of 1946.
Green won fi rst prize of $234 in the Clatsop
County “Slave” Salmon Derby Sunday night
at the end of two days of eager trolling by 468
entrants. His salmon, weighing 38 pounds 3 ½
ounces, was hooked off Point Ellice Sunday.
Two articles in the current issue of the Oregon Historical
Q uarterly deal with Astoria and north shore.
Mildred Colbert, a native of Ilwaco, Washington , is
author of an article, entitled, “Naming and Early Settlement
of Ilwaco, Wash.” A second article, entitled, “Beginnings
of the Labor Movement in the Northwest,” is written by
Harry W. Stone, of Waldport, and deals with the early his-
tory of fi sh strikes and with the formation of the Columbia
River Fishermen’s Protective U nion, as well as other labor
organizations.
The article on Ilwaco’s name develops the interesting
contention that Mayor Norman Howerton’ s city was named
after a big Indian sturgeon fi sherman and not a fi shsmoking
goggled-eyed Chinook princess.
Ed Parsons, the manager of radio station
KAST and air enthusiast, has been appointed an
agent of the Port of Astoria to manage the for-
mer naval airport now in the hands of the P ort
C ommission.
Parsons will attend airport management meet-
ings in the N orthwest as a representative of the
P ort and will advise on aviation regulations and
developments.
2011 — A Union cannon crew surrenders after being overrun by Confederate forces at Fort Stevens State Park during the
Civil War reenactment Sunday morning.
Local meat markets today said that their supply of meat
for the immediate future was more uncertain than at any
time during World War II and Offi ce of Price Administra-
tion I.
“We have no pork. W e have no beef,” said Swift and
Company. Not until Friday will the local Swift and Com-
pany branch receive more meat from Portland. Its Astoria
branch is also out of veal. For the present, the mutton sup-
ply is plentiful, but may decline in the future.