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Shetland Pony Stallion
Pony with action, sire / dam are Both Pinto Surpreme Champions, Sire Hall o..
Longview, Washington
Shetland Pony
Stallion
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Longview, WA
WA
$2,500
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About Astoria, OR

The Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805–1806 at Fort Clatsop, a small log structure southwest of modern-day Astoria. The expedition had hoped a ship would come by to take them back east, but instead they endured a torturous winter of rain and cold, later returning the way they came. Today the fort has been recreated and is now a historical park. In 1811, British explorer David Thompson, the first person known to have navigated the entire length of the Columbia River, reached the partially constructed Fort Astoria near the mouth of the river. He arrived just two months after the Pacific Fur Company's ship, the Tonquin .