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Altoona, WA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Altoona a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Altoona Home page. The Altoona Home page provides as much information as possible on Altoona. Knowing Altoona’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Altoona’s Home page, you will also find Altoona’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Altoona has a population of 35. 54.3% of Altoona’s inhabitants are Male, and 45.7 are female. 100% of Altoona is married and 100% own their own home. Altoona’s Ethnic is the following: White(88.6%), Multiple(11.4%).
Altoona was one of six fish-buying stations and canneries located within a six mile stretch of the Columbia River in the Grays Bay area. Before the decline of the Columbia River salmon industry during the 1940s, 39 canneries were operating along the lower Columbia River. Altoona was named after Altona, a city in Germany and a major fish-processing city on the Elbe River, by a Danish immigrant named Hans Petersen.
In 1903, Petersen purchased 830 acres of land and founded the Altoona Mercantile and Fish Company Cannery. By 1910, the Altoona cannery was the fourth largest salmon cannery on the Columbia. Altoona became a major stop for steamers and fishing boats traveling between Astoria and Portland. Altoona was accessible only by boat; there was no direct road to the town until the early 1950s.
In 1935, the Columbia River Packers Association (known today as Bumble Bee Foods) purchased the cannery and moved their headquarters from Cottardi Station, located about 1/2 mile downstream, to Altoona. The town prospered until the decline of the Columbia River salmon industry, which resulted in the closing of the large Altoona cannery in 1947.
The derelict cannery building remained until it collapsed during a windstorm and fell into the Columbia River in the late 1990s. After the cannery shut down, the population of Altoona began to dwindle, and today it has less than 50 residents.
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