Photos tagged as forts

Day 207 - Fort Stevens, Old Shipwreck Closeup

This shipwreck is on the beach at Fort Stevens and is a popular destination for people visiting the park.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Stevens, Old Shipwreck

This is all that's left of the Peter Iredale, a four masted British sailing ship that was wrecked on Oregon's coast October 25, 1906. All 27 crew and two stowaway's were rescued.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Stevens, Model of Barracks

This is what the barracks area looked like when Fort Stevens was in active use, not the empty field it is today.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Stevens, Gun Battery

Many of the large concrete gun batteries are still in place, although most of the guns have been removed.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Stevens, Columbia River Mouth

This is the mouth of the Columbia River, graveyard of many ships.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Clatsop, Visitors Center

Fort Clatsop was built by the Lewis & Clark Expedition to stay in during the winter of 1805-1806. The Visitors Center has a very nice museum/interpretive area and a gift shop with such things as steel & flint fire starting kits, replica's of some of the items the expedition would have carried.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Clatsop, Mom In Snow

Snow is very unusual here, so much so that the Rangers ran out with camera's to capture the moment. Mom borrowed an electric cart to tour the replica Fort.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Clatsop, Mom In Fort

Mom actually braved the now to visit the replica Fort, but probably stayed less than 5 minutes in it.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Clatsop, Fireplace

The first replica of Fort Clatsop used stone fireplaces. When this burned down a couple of years ago, the Fort was rebuilt using additional research, so now had some sort of earthen fireplace.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Clatsop, Chimney

While the inside of the chimney is lined with some sort of mud/mortar mix, I think I'd still be nervous about using a wood chimney.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Fort Clatsop, Cabin

The replica cabins have been furnished using available research, they are pretty sparce, even the Captains cabin.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Astoria, OR

You can tell from the weather, this wasn't the best time to visit Astoria, featured in the movie "Kindergarten Cop"

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 207 - Astoria Bridge

The Astoria-Megler bridge is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America, at 21, 474 feet long (6,545m). It was the last segment of Hwy 101 completed in the US.

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 205 - Fort Yamhill Site

Fort Yamhill was built in 1856 to try to keep the peace along the border between white settlers and the Native Americans that had been moved to the Great Rhondo Reservation.

Date: 24 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Astoria, USA
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Day 199 - Fort Humbolt

Fort Humbolt was built in 1853 to try to keep the peace between Native Americans and settlers in the region. The Army was replaced by California militia during the Civil War, who moved the Native Americans to reservations.

Date: 18 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Eureka, USA
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Day 197 - Fort Ross, Yard

During it's active days as a Russian Fort, the yard was less open. This is the only original building still standing, the Rotchev House (substantially restored of course).

Date: 16 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Eureka, USA
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Day 197 - Fort Ross, SW Blockhouse

There were two blockhouses at Fort Ross, at opposite corners of the fort. One had seven side (this one I think), the other eight. The second story housed cannon.

Date: 16 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Eureka, USA
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Day 197 - Fort Ross, Sandy Beach Cove

This small bay is just down the hill from the Fort. It was only used for small boats and local needs. Large ships anchored in Drakes Bay at Point Reyes, further south.

Date: 16 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Eureka, USA
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Day 197 - Fort Ross, Outside Gate

This is the front gate to Fort Ross. All of these structures are replica's, only one original building is still standing (not pictured).

Date: 16 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Eureka, USA
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Day 197 - Fort Ross, Living Qtrs

The last time I visited Fort Ross was about 35 years ago, none of the buildings had any items in them. While these are not original artifacts, they make it much easier to envision daily life during the era the Fort was in use.