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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1792-1792) - A [[Spanish]] Colonial Fort established in 1792 in present day Neah Bay, Clallam County, Washington. Named Fort Núñez Gaona after the spanish name for the settlement. The first white settlement in Washington State. Abandoned after four months of operation later in 1792. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1792-1792) - A [[Spanish]] Colonial Fort established in 1792 in present day Neah Bay, Clallam County, Washington. Named Fort Núñez Gaona after the spanish name for the settlement. The first white settlement in Washington State. Abandoned after four months of operation later in 1792. | ||
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== History of Fort Núñez Gaona == | == History of Fort Núñez Gaona == | ||
Established in 1792 by Salvador Fidalgo and a small company of Mexican, Peruvian, and Spanish colonists at present day Neah Bay, Washington. Fidalgo and his 83 sailors and soldiers built a fort with six mounted guns, a blacksmith’s shop, barracks, a bakery, and corrals. | Established in 1792 by Salvador Fidalgo and a small company of Mexican, Peruvian, and Spanish colonists at present day Neah Bay, Washington. Fidalgo and his 83 sailors and soldiers built a fort with six mounted guns, a blacksmith’s shop, barracks, a bakery, and corrals. | ||
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* [http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7953 History Link - Settlement of Neah Bay] | * [http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7953 History Link - Settlement of Neah Bay] | ||
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Fort Núñez Gaona (1792-1792) - A Spanish Colonial Fort established in 1792 in present day Neah Bay, Clallam County, Washington. Named Fort Núñez Gaona after the spanish name for the settlement. The first white settlement in Washington State. Abandoned after four months of operation later in 1792.
History of Fort Núñez GaonaEstablished in 1792 by Salvador Fidalgo and a small company of Mexican, Peruvian, and Spanish colonists at present day Neah Bay, Washington. Fidalgo and his 83 sailors and soldiers built a fort with six mounted guns, a blacksmith’s shop, barracks, a bakery, and corrals. The colony and the fort lasted only four months. The men had settled on land occupied by the Makah and relations with the tribe deteriorated rapidly. The settlers were forced abandoned their colony at the end of the summer of 1792. Current StatusNow the site of the Fort Núñez Gaona – Diah Veterans Park and Monument in Neah Bay, Washington.
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