The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, securing access to the Pacific northern rim and ...

The sale of Alaska to the United ... Russia but we can not make a treaty with the North Wind, or the Snow King." Portland Daily Oregonian, April 2, 1867 "The purchase by our Government of the ...

On March 30, 1867, the United States and the Russian Empire signed the treaty to purchase Alaska. In a single moment, Russia lost more than 1.5 million square kilometers of its territory.

Charles Walker Raymond’s six-month mission in 1869 resulted in not only in the establishment of America’s newest trading post ...

On March 30, 1867, the US and Russia signed a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States for a payment of $7,200,000 in gold. Review the terms of a Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian ...