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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Helen Anders / The Bulletin
August 30, 2009
ASTORIA " When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark reached the Columbia River estuary in November 1805, Clark rhapsodized in his journal: "Ocian in view! O! the joy."
The explorers hadn't actually reached the ocean yet; they'd just come across the wide-open mouth of the Columbia.....
