Tuesday, August 02, 2005

farewell, Ft. Ross


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Originally uploaded by freyac.
My Russian mother and I departed Fort Ross for the last time in 1841, after the fur trade income dried up and the Empire called us back to Mother Russia. We sold our holdings to John Sutter of Sacramento and said goodbye to the only home I had ever known.

Where did Mother get those sunglasses in 1841?

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