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They were in the center of the public gardens
which covered the knoll and were approached
by beautifully bordered walks. Farther
along, on the left of the walk, is the remain-
ing Russian blockhouse, the last of three
which formerly stood on the line of the stock-
ade that protected the town from the Kolosh.
A little back of the blockhouse is the grave
of the Princess Maksoutoff, marked with a
marble slab lying on the raised mound above
her resting place. At the end of the walk is
the modern Russian cemetery, with its forest
of Greek crosses, and in the center, at the
highest point, is a platform from which is
had an excellent view of the harbor, islands,
Mt. Edgecumbe, and of the lake and town.

Returning as far as the site of the tea
gardens, then going westward toward the
water, at the right is an enclosure in which
there is a small building marking the site
of the Koloshian Church, or the Church of
the Resurrection, as it is called in the church
records. This was the building occupied by
the natives in 1855 when they made an attack
upon the town. It was on the line of the
stockade which formerly ran from the water
front at the end of the "Ranche," east to the
lake, then back to the water at the sawmill.
On the line of the stockade were three block-
houses, the church being between the first

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