Radio Interview Part 1

Astoria Rotary Club Presentation & KAST 1370 AM Radio Interview

On Monday this week we gave a short presentation about Russel Farnham to the Astoria Rotary Club, and would like to thank Paulette McCoy the Director of the Astoria Bicentennial and McAndrew (Mac) Burns the Executive Director of the Clatsop County Historical Society for the invitation and opportunity. The presentation was well received and we had about fifty people in attendance. A video of the presentation will soon be available on YouTube. After the presentation we were invited to the studios of KAST 1370 AM for a half hour radio interview on the show Adventures in History. Following the show we had lunch at Fort George Brewing which is located right next to the historic site of the Fort.

Two Farnham Letters Recently Auctioned

Recently we discovered that two autographed letters signed by Russel Farnham were sold at auction for $1,300.00 which was almost double the initial estimated price of $500.00-$750.00. They were part of The Floyd E. Risvold Collection which was auctioned by Spink Shreves Galleries of Dallas, Texas. A photo of one of the letters can be found in the auction catalog. The description of the letters listed "Two autograph letters signed by the famed explorer and agent of the American Fur Company".

Oregon State Capitol Building