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Fort Ross, California - historic Russian fort, from the early 1800's

This Russian fort has been on old (Alta) California soil since the very early 1800's. At the time, Spain owned this area and named it Alta California. Some years later, it came under the control of Mexico before finally becoming U.S. territory and then a state. The name Fort Ross was 1st documented around 1842 - Ross derives from the Russian word russ (or ros). The original idea was to establish a Russian settlement in the area, with the Russian-American Company being one of the main forces at the time. In addition to these settlers, other nationalities eventually began living there, along with various Indian tribes in the vicinity. After the heyday and eventual abandonment of the fort, there has been constant re-modeling, repair done due to the extreme wetness and ocean winds of the area that affected the fort. Today it is a national monument on the historic registers and also a state park. Many events & pilgrimages are held there annually. For a change, I was the one doing all of the camcorder monitoring, while Ed was doing the narration you hear (reading from the park brochure about the history of the fort)