meglersinastoria

Alexander Megler and J.G.Megler spent a number of years in Astoria. While JG started the cannery town of Brookfield, Alexander remained in Astoria. At the time of his death he was running the Occident Hotel, along with C.S.Wright, his partner, and with assistance from his wife, Mina Megler.

"At Liberty" describes Astoria and the 1922 fire that destroyed much of the town. In it, an 1878 visitor to Astoria is quoted as saying:

"There are no buildings in Astoria, public or private, that attract the eye and leave a lingering desire for more close acquaintance.… The Occidental Hotel [is] the cleanest and best hostelry in Oregon. The mercantile business of the town appears to be in the hands of small traders who occupy a small store with a small stock of goods. There are no mammoth establishments.… The result is that the business part of town covers more ground than it takes to transact the business of Walla-Walla [at that time, the established center of the region] with one half the business to transact. "

Rutherford B. Hayes dined at the Occident Hotel, Oct. 15, 1880.

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