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Russian fur traders made it to what is now called the Russian River in northern California in the early 1800's, founding Fort Ross.
by bewaretheirs 2y ago
Russian fur traders made it to what is now called the Russian River in northern California in the early 1800's, founding Fort Ross.
- madcaptenor 2y agoOf course! And it looks like the Spanish weren't north of San Francisco at the time, so the only people in the area using something resembling our current time system would have been Russians coming from across the Pacific. So the easternmost "time zone" ever is at least +15:47 or so.