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	Fort Ross
		The camp at Fort Ross housed between 50 and 100 Russian soldiers, administrators and seal hunters.
		The blockhouse was vital to the defense of the early frontier forts.
		Fort Ross is a few miles north of the point where a large river enters the ocean.
	nebriaga.com /travel/california/fortross2.html (936 words)

	Withdrawl of Fort Ross Chapel: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fort Ross, founded in 1812 by the Russian-American Company, was primarily a commercial settlement; sea otters were trapped for their pelts and farming was undertaken here to support Russian colonies in Alaska.
		The Fort Ross complex operated as a rancho from 1841 to 1867, under the ownership of John Sutter and William Benitz.
		The Fort Ross Chapel was found eligible for designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1969, architecturally significant as a rare U.S. example of a log church constructed on a Russian quadrilateral plan.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nhl/DOE_dedesignations/Ross.htm (889 words)

	Historic California Posts: Fort Ross
		Fort Ross in 1828 as it was represented in Duhant-Cilly's Voyage Autour du Monde.
		Fort Ross expressed the efforts of the company, a trade monopoly, with headquarters at Sitka, Alaska, to establish during the nineteenth century a base on the California coast for sea otter hunting and the development of agricultural supplies for Alaska.
		Members of the artel and their families were rotated between Fort Ross and the Farallones, depending on the size of the sea mammal herds during the hunting season.
	www.militarymuseum.org /FtRoss.html (8322 words)

	Fort Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Russian Settlement at Fort Ross, California A brief history of the settlement at Northern California's "Fort Ross" in the 19th Century.
		Robert Ross - Founder of Ross University The history of the founding by Dr. Robert Ross, of Ross University School of Medicine.
		Ross Area Map Shows where Ross is in relation to Roseau, Warroad, and the Canadian border.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Fort_Ross.html (365 words)

	Fort Ross
		Fort Ross is a former Russia n fur trade outpost in what is now Sonoma County, California (United States).
		Russian Settlement at Fort Ross, California - A brief history of the settlement at Northern California's "Fort Ross" in the 19th Century.
		Fort Ross Lodge - Accommodations just north of the historic fort.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Fort_Ross.html (256 words)

	Fort Ross
		As recently as the early nineteenth century many of the Native Americans of northern California walked a tightrope between prehistory and history, between a hunter-gatherer existence and "civilization." Finding equilibrium between these two expanses would require change, choice, and a challenge to retain the time-tested securities of their past.
		Fort Ross is located on the Sonoma County Coast of Northern California.
		The archaeological investigations of a Kashaya Pomo Village site on the ridge near the fort are being integrated with the rich ethnohistoric, ethnographic, pictorial, and linguistic data available on the Kashaya Pomo to form the basis for a dissertation addressing culture change in a Native American community in the early nineteenth century.
	www.csuchico.edu /anth/martinez/fortross.htm (267 words)

	Fort Ross
		Directions: Fort Ross State Historic Park is located on a scenic bluff of the Sonoma coast, 11 miles northwest of the town of Jenner on Highway 1.
		Fort Ross was founded in 1812 by the Russian-American Company, a trading and fur trapping firm whose primary shareholders were members of the Czarist family.
		Thereafter, the buildings at Fort Ross that were not dismantled and removed by Sutter were used for a variety of purposes by successive owners.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/ft_ross.htm (4547 words)

	Landmark 5 - Fort Ross - Sonoma County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The fort was in the form of a quadrangle, about 800 feet square, inclosed by a redwood wall, with two blockhouses at opposite corners.
		Fort Ross contained fifty-nine buildings, nine of which, including this chapel, were within the inclosure.
		Fort Ross State Historic Park, Hwy 1 N of Jenner.
	www.donaldlaird.com /landmarks/counties/000-099/005.html (132 words)

	Six Small Boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The little Fort Ross yawl was built by George Kneass of San Francisco in about 1900 for use at the Call Ranch Landing at Fort Ross.
		The Fort Ross yawl is carvel-built, with a near-plumb stempost and wide wineglass transom stern with minimal rake.
		At 16' 2" in length by 4' 10" of beam, she is a bigger boat than the Fort Ross yawl, but of similar overall design.
	www.nps.gov /safr/local/6small.html (2183 words)

	Fort Ross: Historic Russian Fort in California
		Fort Ross was the only substantial, permanent outpost of the Russian Empire ever established in California.
		Although the fort's first commander, Ivan Kuskov, assumed hunting to be the main function of Colony Ross and lacked experience as a farmer, he began agriculture and stock raising at the fort.
		Despite the agricultural activity near Fort Ross, it was clear by the late 1830's that the colony was a financial liability to the Russian-American Company.
	online.ohlone.cc.ca.us /english/eng163/FortRoss.html (4670 words)

	► Fort Ross Elementary School - Cazadero, CA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fort Ross Elementary School is in the Fort Ross Elementary School District in Sonoma County, California.
		Fort Ross Elementary School, in Cazadero, California has been scheduled for a contact on Friday, April 15 at 18:07 UTC.
		Fort Ross is a small school located on the Northern California coast about 90 miles...
	www.schoolsleuth.com /schools/counties/sonoma/fort-ross-elementary/fort-ross-elementary-school.php (311 words)

	Fort Ross Road Motorcycle Ride- Sonoma County, California
		Although this type of road isn't for everybody, portions of Fort Ross Road have to be one of the narrowest one lane cow paths I've taken in a long while.
		Fort Ross Road appears as a Y in the road.
		Fort Ross thankfully was saved in 1903 (unlike Sutters Fort which is actually an exact replica of the original) by the California Historical Landmark League and was restored to its original condition.
	www.pashnit.com /roads/cal/FortRossRd.htm (1454 words)

	Fort Ross Quotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		"Fort Ross and her southern outpost, the Farallone Islands, served as needed bases.
		Fort Ross, was a center for sea-otter hunting as well as for supplies.
		At Fort Ross bidarkas and waterproof clothing were made from the skins and bladders of Farallone sea lions.
	www.cnr.berkeley.edu /departments/espm/env-hist/espm160/assignments/ft_ross/ftross_qts.htm (571 words)

	The Russians at Fort Ross
		Istomin, Alexei A. The Indians at the Ross settlement : according to the censuses by Kuskov, 1820-1821.
		The archaeology and ethnohistory of Fort Ross, California.
		Thompson, R. The Russian settlement in California: Fort Ross, founded 1812, abandoned 1841; why the Russians came and why they left.
	libweb.sonoma.edu /regional/subject/fortrossbibs.html (445 words)

	At Fort Ross, fourth-graders step back into 1800s / Students learn by 'working' for Russians
		In 1822, the cannons at Fort Ross were fired 345 times, but never once in defense of the fort.
		Fort Ross was established in 1812 to house the 25 Russians and 80 Aleuts -- Native Alaskans -- sent by the Russian-American Co. to harvest sea otter pelts.
		Fort Ross became one of California's first state parks, and, in 1962, a National Historic Landmark.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/06/15/WB149146.DTL (1861 words)

	Fort Ross-Seaview; Sonoma County, CA,
		Fort RossSeaview Petition Patrick Shabram, on his own behalf and on behalf of David Hirsch of Hirsch Vineyards, submitted a petition to establish the ``Fort Ross Seaview'' American viticultural area in western Sonoma County, California.
		The Hugo Series soils are abundant in the proposed Fort Ross Seaview viticultural area and are common in the mountain ranges of Sonoma County and in Mendocino County to the north, according to the petitioner.
		Although the proposed Fort Ross Seaview viticultural area is within the much larger Sonoma Coast viticultural area and not far from the Russian River Valley viticultural area, the petitioner documents that it has a warmer microclimate despite its high elevation.
	thefederalregister.com /d.p/2005-03-08-05-4390 (3397 words)

	Fort Ross Interpretive Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		FRIA operates a museum bookstore in the Visitor Center at Fort Ross State Park which specializes in a wide selection of books, interpretive materials and gifts relating to the natural and cultural history of Fort Ross, California, the Pacific Rim and Russian America.
		Your membership entitles you to use the Fort Ross Library, receive a 10% discount in the Museum Bookstore, receive a semi-monthly newsletter filled with articles by local and international historians and experts, plus up-to-date information on upcoming events.
		The mission of the Fort Ross Interpretive Association, Incorporated, is to promote for the benefit of the public the interpretive and educational activities of the California Park Service and Fort Ross State Historic Park.
	www.mcn.org /1/rrparks/fortross/friaintro.htm (490 words)

	Fort Ross State Historical Park
		Fort Ross was established in 1812 by Russians as an outpost for sea otter hunters and a permanent trade base.
		The Russians remained at Fort Ross until sea otters became scarce in 1841.
		None of the original fort structures remain, however several buildings have been reconstructed: the first Russian Orthodox chapel south of Alaska, the stockade, and three other buildings, including the Commander’s House, which contains exhibits of the Russian-American Fur Company and the Russian occupation.
	www.russianrivertravel.com /parks-fortross.htm (462 words)

	Fort Ross - California's Russian Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The fort was visited by a number of notable scientists and explorers who studied the region and reported their findings.
		The fort was built on a gently sloping bench that ended in a high bluff overlooking the sea and its port at Bodega Bay was eighteen miles away.
		Fort Ross had not proved the agricultural bonanza that its founders had predicted.
	www.basecamp.cnchost.com /fortross.htm (4759 words)

	Wildernet - Fort Ross State Historic Park
		Description - Fort Ross State Historic Park was established in 1812 by Russians as an outpost for sea otter hunters and a permanent trade base.
		Nevertheless, the drive north of Jenner is beautiful and breathtaking, and once you get to Fort Ross, turning into the park on the west side of Hwy 1 where there is a big wooden Fort Ross sign, you'll pay the park fee of $5.00 and drive 40 yards to the parking lot.
		It is a land of rugged shoreline and pounding surf, of towering redwood forests and rushing rivers, of verdant hills and bountiful vineyards.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=CASPFRROSHP&CU_ID=1 (751 words)

	History of Fort Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		ISTORY OF Fort Ross was founded in 1812 by the Russian-American Company, a trading and fur trapping firm whose primary shareholders were members of the Czarist family.
		The Russians who founded Fort Ross brought with them Native Alaskan laborers who were expert fishermen and sea mammal hunters.
		2 of the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Fort Ross, California.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~saran/frames/history.html (398 words)

	Fort Ross, Sonoma Coast, California
		Fort Russ, or Fort Ross as it is known today, was the center for the Russian and Aleut trade in otter pelts along the central North American continent.
		He purchased Fort Ross to obtain the hardware in it for use in the construction of his fort in Sacramento.
		Fort Ross became a State Historical Park in 1906.
	www.inn-california.com /sanfrancisco/Sonoma/FortRoss/fortross1.html (571 words)

	~fort ross~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		fort ross creek...i like sitting by the creek, it's a nice and cool place to do some journal writing...
		the call family house, owners of fort ross land some time after the russians left.
		a view from the proposed interpretive trail of the fort and archy camp (a clearing in the trees behind the fort)
	www.geocities.com /pannyross/fortross.html (1296 words)

	Fort Ross
		A brief history of the Russian settlement at Fort Ross in Northern Californa during the early part of the 19th century.
		Fort Ross was established in 1812 by Russians as an outpost for sea otter hunters and a permanent...
		Fort Ross itself was established in 1812 by Russians as an outpost for...
	www.sonomabeachhouse.com /related/fort-ross.html (638 words)

	"Irkutsk-Fort Ross Club" - Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hank Birnbaum from America (a ranger at Lake Baikal) was here and took the report about Fort Ross.
		Zhana Oseeva from Irkutsk, who took part in the February meeting at the Fort Ross Visitor Center, told us about her impressions of Fort Ross.
		Mark Sergeev, who is well-known writer from Irkutsk (he used to be at Fort Ross), told us about Nikolas I. Rokityansky and Victor P. Petrov.
	ifrc.irk.ru /frsumm.htm (320 words)

	HTC: 1925.07.17 First Pilgrimage to Fort Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On reading the recent publication in the "Independent Cost Observer" that included a story about the time the Russian-Americans first traveled to Fort Ross in a group, I noted that what was printed was not exactly as I have been told over the years by various members of the Call family.
		Carlos Pearce (a grandson of George and Mercedes Call) was visiting Fort Ross and was on the spot when the group arrived.
		He and George walked over to the cab and Carlos jokingly said to the driver, "Let's go to Fort Ross." The cab driver turned to them and replied disgustedly, "Were you part of THAT mess?" -- at which point he shut the door on his 'customers' and drove off.
	www.holy-trinity.org /history/1925/07.17.Fort-Ross.html (600 words)

	Fort Ross SHP
		Along with the chapel, the structure of most historical interest at Fort Ross is the Rotchev house, an existing building renovated about 1836 for Alexander Rotchev, the last manager of Ross.
		There is no food available at Fort Ross, so you should bring lunches and / or snacks along with you.
		Please call Fort Ross SHP prior to arrival as conditions may change.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=449 (557 words)

	311 Skid Mark Run Fort Ross/Gualala
		The skids did a run up the coast to Gualala with a stop at Fort Ross.
		We took the backroads to the coast highway one just north of Bodega Bay and headed north towards Gualala with a stop at Fort Ross(an old Russian Fort established in the early 1800's).
		A view of the old fort from the outside.
	www.311s.org /pon/fortross.html (247 words)

	Russian Settlement at Fort Ross, California, in the 19th Century
		The fort was complete, and though it was made of wood, it was well armed and vigilantly manned.
		In 1806, the company was even granted its own flag, a replica of which is on display in the visitor center at Fort Ross.
		Watercolor of Fort Ross by Il'ia Voznesenky, 1841
	parks.sonoma.net /rosshist.html (1959 words)

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