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The Journey of the Sv. Nikolai
 
By Cosmos Mariner, July 21, 2015
Sv. Nikolai Mission Marker (wide view; marker located behind kiosk front wall)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Washington, Jefferson County, Forks — Sv. Nikolai Mission — Storm at Sea, War on Land —
Sv. Nikolai Mission In September 1808 the Russian American Company (RAC) schooner Sv. Nikolai (Saint Nicholas) set sail from the Russian American Company's fort in Sitka, which was then in Russian territory (now part of the State . . . — — Map (db m129574) HM
2 ► Washington, Clallam County, Forks — Fort Ross, California - Sitka Castle, Alaska - Fort Elisabeth, Kaua’i, Hawai’i —
In the early 19th century what is today the northwest coast of Washington State might have become a Russian colony, an extension of Alaska, if the Sv. Nikolai voyage had been successful. This could have led to this section of New Albion, the . . . — — Map (db m129579) HM
3 ► Washington, Jefferson County, Forks — Anna Petrovna - Timothei Tarakanov —
Anna Petrovna Anna Petrovna Bulygin, a Russian woman notable for being the first European woman known to live in what is now Washington State, landed with the crew of the Sv. Nikolai. Anna was eighteen years old, the attractive wife of . . . — — Map (db m129585) HM
4 ► Washington, Clallam County, Forks — Makah Indian Tribe —
Bordered by the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean, pre-contact Makah held a vast area of inland and coastal territory. These richly forested lands and the seas which teemed with life offered early Makah a wealth of natural resources. The . . . — — Map (db m129586) HM
5 ► Washington, Jefferson County, Forks — Hoh Indian Tribe —
The tribal name for the Hoh River is Chalak'At'sit (meaning "The Southern River"). The river itself is focal in Hoh tribal identity and folk-history and in traditional economic patterns. The Hoh people were created along the river. Mythic . . . — — Map (db m129587) HM
6 ► Washington, Jefferson County, Forks — Escape to the Hoh River Leads to Captivity — Makah Tribe Encounter & Rescue —
Escape to the Hoh River Leads to Captivity At dawn following a harrowing, fearful night awaiting retribution, the Russian party reconnoiters, but finds only dense forest growing down to the high-tide surf line. Captain Bulygin decides to take . . . — — Map (db m129588) HM
7 ► Washington, Jefferson County, Forks — Quileute Indian Tribe —
Thousands of winters before the arrival of the White Drifting-House people, the Ho-qwats, the Quileute Indians and the ghosts of their ancestors lived and hunted near La Push, Washington. For as long as the ageless memory of legend recalls, the . . . — — Map (db m129589) HM
 
 
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