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Fort Ross State Historic Park Description

Some 50mi/80km north of San Francisco, on the U.S. 1, lies Fort Ross State Historic Park. From 1812 to 1841 the Russians who built the fort settled here in the hope of being better able to provide Alaska with wheat and other foodstuffs than they could from Russia itself. 95 Russians, as well as Aleutians and Kodiaks, built their village and the fort. Then they began to fish for otters and finally to trade with Spanish California. It is open to debate whether they would have tried later to have taken over more Californian land but the Spaniards had decided in 1769 to occupy Alta California, in order to prevent a possible Russian penetration into the almost uninhabited areas in the west of the American continent. However, in 1812 the

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Hobbies & Activities category: Historic site; Military attraction or museum; Provincial or municipal park; National Register of Buildings

Fort Ross State Historic Park Highlights

Russian Orthodox Chapel

The most interesting building in the Fort Ross State Historic Park is perhaps the Russian Orthodox Chapel, originally built in 1824 and which remained standing after the Russians withdrew until it

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Address

Fort Ross State Historic Park
19005 Coast Highway 1
Jenner, CA 95450
United States

Map Fort Ross State Historic Park

Phone 1 (707) 847-3286

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=449

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