Seward's Day, also a state holiday, commemorates the signing of the treaty to purchase Russian claims in North America, signed March 30, 1867. It is observed on the last Monday in March. Alaska ...

William H. Seward in 1851, while a U.S. senator from New York (Library of Congress) William H. Seward regarded the purchase of Alaska as his greatest achievement and Alaskans are prone to agree.

Mocked as “Seward’s Folly” and “Andrew Johnson’s Polar Bear Garden”, the purchase of Alaska from Russia turned out to be one of the greatest real estate deals in the history of the ...

The event commemorated Seward's negotiation for the purchase of Alaska in 1867. Some saw the 150-year-old purchase of the territory from Russia as a mistake at the time, famously referring to it ...

Books: Seward’s Icebox. 7 minute read. TIME. October 12, ... William H. Seward, who forced the purchase of Alaska (“Seward’s Icebox”) amid the catcalls of the isolationists of 1867.

The $250,000 statue unveiled in 2017 depicts Seward holding the 1867 Treaty of Cession, which authorized the sale of the Alaska Territory to the U.S. from the Russian Empire.

The Purchase of Alaska. ... The Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska, sometimes referred to as "Seward's Folly" was negotiated by Secretary of State William Seward in 1867.

Today marks the anniversary of one of the most controversial land deals in American history: the Alaska Purchase or Seward's Folly. On October 18, 1867, the United States took possession of Alaska ...

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will hold a public hearing on the potential purchase of 80 acres in Seward at their next ...

The following is the testimony given by the Secretary of State and on. ROBERT J. WALKER, before the Committee directed to investigate the rumors in regard to the Alaska purchase money.

Mocked as “Seward’s Folly” and “Andrew Johnson’s Polar Bear Garden”, the purchase of Alaska from Russia turned out to be one […] (WHTM) On October 18, 1867, ...