Kolmakov Redoubt Site
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Kolmakov Redoubt Site is located in Alaska
Kolmakov Redoubt Site
LocationAddress restricted[3]
Nearest citySleetmute, Alaska
Coordinates61°34′02″N 158°37′11″W / 61.56722°N 158.61972°W / 61.56722; -158.61972[2]
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1841 (1841)
NRHP reference No.74002322[1]
AHRS No.SLT-001
Added to NRHPFebruary 15, 1974

The Kolmakov Redoubt Site is a historic archaeological site on the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska. The site is located downriver from the hamlet of Sleetmute, about 21 miles east of Aniak. The site was the location of a major trading post, which was one of the only ones established deep in the Alaskan interior by the Russian-American Company. The first site established by the Russians, in 1832, was little more than a log cabin near the confluence of the Kuskokwim with the Aniak River, and was known as Kolmakov's Townlet, after the trader Fedor Kolmakov. The success of this location prompted the construction in 1833 of an "odinochka" (a small outpost staffed by 1-3 men) at the present location, near the confluence of the Kuskokwim and Kolmakof Rivers. At this site the Russians collected more than 1,400 beaver pelts in 1834, when their entire Alaska trade amounted to about 5,000. This facility was then upgraded to a "redoubt" (not a conventional military redoubt earthworks, but something more akin to a fortified trading post). The site was used until 1867, when American traders took over the fur trade following the Alaska Purchase.[4]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Zagoskin L.A. Travel to American shores. "Редут Колмакова находится, по моим наблюдениям, в широте 61®34'02" и долготе 158®37'11" западной от Гринвича" http://az.lib.ru/z/zagoskin_l_a/text_1845_puteshestviya_k_amerikanskim_beregam.shtml
  3. ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
  4. ^ "Draft of Review of Alaska Request for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest" (PDF). US Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved September 17, 2014.[permanent dead link]


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