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Fort Ross

Historic: Fort in Sonoma County

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Fort Ross is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California, United States. It was notable as the first multi-ethnic community north of the Spanish missions in what is now the U.S. state of California. Owned and operated by the Russian-American Company, it was the hub of the southernmost Russian settlements in North America from 1812 to 1841. Notably cosmopolitan, different ethnic groups settled in and around the fort: Native Californians, Native Alaskans, Russians, Finns, Swedes. It has been the subject of archaeological investigatio

Website: http://www.parks.ca.gov/fortross/

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