Fort Alexander ( Russian : форт Александра ) was one of the three forts built by Georg Anton Schäffer on island of Kauai in the Kingdom of Hawaii . It was named after emperor Alexander I , and built in October 1816 near Hanalei River . It was an earthwork fort.
4-404: Fort Alexander may refer to: Fort Alexander (Hawaii) Fort Alexander, Manitoba Fort Alexander (St. Petersburg) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fort Alexander . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
8-605: The Russian forts between 1816 and 1817. Fort Alexander had low earthwork walls and may have had palisades too. One account might refer to the Fort Alexander as a breastwork that had been mounted with a few cannons, but it is unclear whether the account refers to both or only one of the forts in Hanalei. It was built mainly with Russian-American Company 's labor unlike Fort Elizabeth that was built partially by Hawaiian natives . Most of
12-544: The Schäffer's employees were Native Alaskans . On 17 June 1817 Schäffer proclaimed himself a chief of Hanalei at Fort Alexander, after ordering a Russian flag to be raised and a three cannon salute . He also proclaimed a formal Russian claim for island of Kauai on the same occasion. Forts Alexander and Barclay were destroyed when the Hawaiians revolted in Hanalei. A distillery was also burnt down, and one Aleutian worker
16-430: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Alexander&oldid=932828235 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fort Alexander (Hawaii) Schäffer made an alliance with Kaumualii against Kamehameha I . Schäffer built
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