"Russia's Hawaiian Fortress: The Old Russian Fort..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Feb 2014 10:47 p.m. PST |
… on Kauai, 1817-1853. "One of the most impressive man-made structures on the beautiful "Garden Island" of Kaua'i County, Hawaii's most populated, westernmost island, relating to military history and warfare studies is the Russian constructed (1817) Fort Elizabeth. Its walls and defensive structures still stand today, albeit in ruins, outside of Waimea on the southwestern Kaua'i coast on the eastern banks of the Waimea river mouth overlooking Waimea Bay, directly off what is today the Kaumuali'i Highway. These ancient overgrown red volcanic rocks and ruined outer defenses are all that remain of the Russian Empires attempts to colonize and intervene in the Hawaiian Islands (Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) from c.1815-1817. To understand the importance of Russian influence and the importance of Kaua'i one must look to the decades of fighting inter-Island warfare which had all but come to end following the unification of the Hawaiian islands, save for the island of Kaua'i, into the Kingdom of Hawaii by King Kamehameha I (b.1758-1819) from 1795-1810. The Russian Fort on Kaua'i was constructed by a German employee of the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schaeffer (b.1779-1836), who had landed on the southeastern coast of Kaua'i in the spring of 1815. Mr. Schaeffer was on official business attempting to recover Russian American Company goods seized after a shipwreck by the chief and last king of Kaua'i, Kaumualiʻi (b.1778-1824). Chief Kaumualiʻi had sworn allegiance to King Kamehameha avoiding a costly invasion and war of control for the island of Kaua'i. King Kamehameha had attempted and failed twice before 1810, the year that Kaumualiʻi finally relinquished his throne and became a vassal chief of Kamehameha…" Full article here.
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| dBerczerk | 07 Feb 2014 5:36 a.m. PST |
I had the good fortune to visit the site in 1992. It is a beautiful spot, with a lovely view of the coast. Hawaii is a charming place to visit. I hope to return someday. |
| Tango01 | 07 Feb 2014 10:47 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed that Paradise place my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
| jgibbons | 07 Feb 2014 6:28 p.m. PST |
I have been there as well – neat site…. My wife and i were married on Kaua'i… |
| Sergeant Paper | 07 Feb 2014 9:46 p.m. PST |
I like the contrast… its a star fort (on the seaward side, anyway) built out of dirty red piled up lava boulders. So very crude, but sophisticated design at the time. I'd love to troll a magnetometer out in front of the fort… one of her cannon was lost in the murky water there when it was being taken to a ship anchored there. |
marco56  | 08 Feb 2014 8:57 a.m. PST |
I never new that the Russians had a presence in Hawaii.
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| Tango01 | 08 Feb 2014 11:58 a.m. PST |
So, we learn something everyday my friend!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
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