Prominent chef Charles Ranhofer reportedly first served it in 1867, albeit with slight differences (such as the addition of marmalade) compared to modern-day Baked Alaska. It also had a different ...

Most of the white inhabitants of Alaska were trappers or miners. Since 1867, when the United States purchased the colony of Alaska from Russia, fortune-seekers had migrated to the territory ...

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the sale in 2017, we asked William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, a visiting professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage ...

In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for just USD 7.2 million! But did you know this wasn’t just a simple deal? It’s a story of politics, power struggles, and a nation’s ambitions.

Russian state TV host Tigran Keosayan is in a coma after experiencing "clinical death," according to his wife, Margarita Simonyan.

The sale of Alaska to the United States triggered a good ... Chicago Evening Journal, April 1, 1867 "The paltry sum of $7,000,000 for a country nearly eight times as large as this state [Illinois ...

Carter’s admirable post-White House life, especially his Habitat for Humanity work, continually enhanced his personal ...

Yet, the author went there. She wrote, “When U.S. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, he negotiated a price of $7.2 million — about $153 million today ...

When U.S. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, he negotiated a price of $7.2 million—about $153 million today—for almost 600,000 square miles of territory ...

But it wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. was able to procure a piece of the Arctic. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the sale in 2017, we asked William L.