The Call House Museum
Additional Projects
Cultural Heritage
Trail
The initial planning phase of the
Cultural Heritage Trail is now complete. This project is under the
direction of Professor Kent Lightfoot of the University of California,
Berkeley. He is working closely with the Kashaya Pomo community to
develop a trail which will interpret the historical aspect of the park
before the Russian-American Company arrived in 1812. Dr. Lightfoot
is working with State Parks to design the interpretive trail in conjunction
with the California Coastal Trail being developed in the park.
The Russian Windmill
Early
drawings of Fort Ross clearly show a posttype
mill (stolbovka), the first such windmill built
in California. The windmill symbolizes the peaceful
and agricultural nature of the Fort Ross colony,
and it also provides a powerful reminder of
the numerous industrial advancements that the
Russian people brought to California. A model
of a stolbovka is now on display in the Fort Ross
Visitor Center. FRIA supports the concept of a full-scale
replica of the windmill constructed at Fort Ross
in time for the 2012 anniversary.
Historical Windmill Data
Winmill Graphic
Panel
Restoration of the Russian Cemetery Crosses
 Across
the gulch to the east of the fort compound, a large Russian Orthodox
cross marks the site of the settlement’s cemetery. In 1990 the
University of Wisconsin and California State Parks conducted an archaeological
investigation of the
historic Russian cemetery. One hundred thirty-one Orthodox burials
were
identified, including a large number of women and children. The graves
are marked with simple temporary Orthodox wooden crosses. FRIA supports
the concept of assisting State Parks in restoring the cemetery to better
reflect the historical record.
Historical
Cross Research
Cemetery Graphic Panel
List
of Persons Known to Have Lived and Died at Fort Ross PDF
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