On this day in 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signs a deal acquiring Alaska, an agreement that was ridiculed by some as “Seward’s Folly” and opposed in the House. William-seward ...

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 ...

Across Alaska interest will focus throughout this year, and especially next month, on the sesquicentennial of the purchase of the territory from Russia in 1867. Anniversaries provide an opportunity ...