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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E85_sv-nikolai-mission_Forks-WA.html
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 Russi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E84_anna-petrovna-timothei-tarakanov_Forks-WA.html
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 ye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E83_hoh-indian-tribe_Forks-WA.html
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 ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E82_escape-to-the-hoh-river-leads-to-captivity_Forks-WA.html
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 for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E81_quileute-indian-tribe_Forks-WA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E68_makah-indian-tribe_Forks-WA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E5A_fort-ross-california-sitka-castle-alaska-fort-elisabeth-kaua-i-hawai-i_Forks-WA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E44_timber-transportation_Forks-WA.html
Timber Transportation. From Oxen to Locomotives. . In the last 150 years, the West Olympic Peninsula has seen many changes in timber transport. . . photo 1: . This picture shows a team of oxen hauling logs off a hillside in the 1890s. In the ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E43_the-shay-locomotive_Forks-WA.html
The Shay locomotive is named for inventor Ephraim Shay of Cadillac, Michigan. The vertical cylinder conveyed power to all the wheels by universal joints and expansion couplings forming a flexible shaft which was rigid in revolution but flexible in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KPH_rain-forest-monarch_Forks-WA.html
The temperate rain forest is dominated by Sitka spruce. Except where it penetrates valley such as the Hoh, the Sitka spruce grows along a narrow coastal strip from northern California to Alaska.
High rainfall, fog, and ocean-moderated temperat…