FAIRBANKS — The 1967 centennial celebration of the United States’ purchase of Alaska from Russia was a year-long event in Alaska. An Alaska Purchase Centennial Commission was established in 1963 to ...
The 1868 check for the purchase of Alaska from Russia is displayed in the exhibit “Polar Bear Garden: The Place Between Alaska and Russia” March 10 at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. (Erik ...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Petitioners have called for the removal of a statue in Alaska depicting the U.S. cabinet secretary who arranged the purchase of the state’s land from Russia. Juneau resident ...
On this day in 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signed a deal acquiring Alaska, an agreement that was ridiculed by some as “Seward’s Folly” and opposed in the House. In today’s ...
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Frederic Wilson receives funding from the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a member of the Alaska Geological Society Since ...
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