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Fort Ross (Russian: Форт-Росс, romanized: Fort-Ross, крепость Росс, krepost' Ross, Kashaya: Metini) is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California.
Fort Ross was founded by the Russian-American Company in 1812. Most of the Fort's buildings are reproductions. The one original structure remaining from the Russian settlement, the commander's house, is a National Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fort Ross is an abandoned former trading post on Somerset Island, in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. Founded in 1937, it was the last trading post to be established by the Hudson's Bay Company. It was operational for only eleven years, being abandoned in 1948, as severe ice conditions in the surrounding waters made the site hard to ...
Fort Ross State Historic Park 38°30′45″N 123°14′34″W / 38.512424°N 123.242709°W / 38.512424; -123.242709 ( Fort Ross Commander Fort Ross
The Rotchev House is located in Fort Ross State Historic Park, located on the Northern California coastline of Sonoma County.It is a single-story structure measuring about 36 by 48 feet (11 m × 15 m), built out of hand-squared redwood timbers joined by notches at the corners.
As of 2015 Fort Ross is a Federal National Historical Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. It is preserved—restored in California's Fort Ross State Historic Park , about 80 miles (130 km) northwest of San Francisco.
The world’s first industrial airport celebrated 33 years with a new name and the unveiling of its new fixed-base operation facility.
Russian Empire, by Russian-American Company expedition led by Ivan Alexandrovich Kuskov, the founder of Fort Ross and, from 1812 to 1821, its colonial administrator. Note: There is an overlap of rule with the Mexican Empire (next item), until the Russians sold Fort Ross in 1841 to John Sutter, before leaving the area in 1842.