Fort Ross was a Russian settlement on the coast of northern California, north of San Francisco Bay, founded by the Russian-American Company under Ivan Kuskov. The company wanted to hunt sea otters and fur seals, and to grow food for its colonies in Alaska, where supplies were short. The settlers included Russians, Alutiiq people from Alaska, and local Kashaya Pomo people who lived and worked nearby. The fort's wooden stockade, chapel and houses stood on a bluff above the Pacific. Overhunting reduced the animals, and the venture never made enough money, so the company sold the fort and its stock to John Sutter in 1841. It is now a state historic park with reconstructed buildings.
Before and after
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- 1812Chilean War of Independence
- 1812Publication of Hansel and Gretel
- 1812Publication of Snow White
- 1812Origins of Fort Ross
- 1812Publication of Rapunzel
- from 7 January 1812 to 20 January 1812Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
- 7 February 1812Birth of Charles Dickens
- from 16 March 1812 to 6 April 1812Siege of Badajoz
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