[Leica] Fort Ross State Park

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I found the Russian cemetery absolutely fascinating.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 07 Jun 2016, at 00:16, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I love this park.  Been there three times, the last two on cloudy days.  
> The best time because you can really capture the mood of the northern 
> California Coast then. It is the site of an old Russian settlement and 
> fort, well preserved and maintained mostly by volunteers of the Fort Ross 
> Society, with a little help from the state of California.
> 
> Here is a collection of 14 photos from the fort and one just north of the 
> fort.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/fr/
> 
> I?ll point out a few:
> There was a group of school children there for a field trip.  They were 
> decked out on period garb and were doing tasks that people would have done 
> in the fort.  I got there just as they were finishing up, so only got to 
> see a few of the marching about as they were returning their arms to the 
> armory.  
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/fr/Fort+Ross++-9029.jpg.html
> 
> This shows the setting of the fort in the low hills along the coast.  The 
> building is the chapel, which is still used from time to time.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/fr/Fort+Ross++-9040.jpg.html
> Interior:  
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/fr/Fort+Ross++-9058.jpg.html
> 
> The buildings have exhibits of period implements that are similar to what 
> was probably at the fort.  Most are static exhibits, but some are used at 
> various times, like the armory.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/fr/Fort+Ross++-9043.jpg.html
> 
> Just to the south is the Russian cemetery with many crosses still visible.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/fr/Fort+Ross++-9089.jpg.html
> 
> There is a large Russian community still in the area that supports and 
> helps out at the fort, and the docent was explaining how even the Russian 
> Embassy in San Francisco is active in preserving the history of this 
> Russian outpost. 
> 
> We were camping north of the park, and on our way down to the park there 
> were three people sitting on a porch outside a store by a little cove.  I 
> had said I had wished I had stopped to take their photo.  Well, many hours 
> later on our return to the campground they were still there with friend.  
> So, I did stop and earned a bit about the history of the store and the 
> pirate who robbed it way back when.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/fr/Ocean+Cove+Store-9093.jpg.html
> 
> Comments welcome.  View them large if you can.
> 
> Aram
> 
> 
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
> 
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