In 1859, Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United States in an attempt to snub their rival, Great Britain, but the sale of the land was delayed by the US Civil War. Secretary of State William ...

After all, the Alaska purchase is now recognized as one of the great successes of American foreign policy: as a pennies-on-the-dollar purchase of a territory that enhanced American power, American ...

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.

There's a popular conception about the purchase of Alaska, which occurred 150 years ago this year. Russia had a toehold on its American colony but the company in charge of the possession wasn't ...

This war will not be fought like the American Revolution or the Civil War of 1861-65, ... Arizona, and southern California. Russia will expect a return of Alaska (and its oil) ...

The president’s proposal to acquire a vast and mostly unknown territory is an unconstitutional power grab that will undermine American democracy by bringing thousands of potentially treasonous ...

And the only Civil War ensign -- Yankee or rebel -- to have flown in action in Alaska. The 150th anniversary of the first shot of America's deadliest conflict has been widely noted this month.

About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ships set ablaze by Confederate sailors who didn’t ...

In 1859, Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United States in an attempt to snub their rival, Great Britain, but the sale of the land was delayed by the US Civil War. Secretary of State William ...

Wednesday marks the 150th anniversary of the US taking possession of Alaska following the 1867 purchase of the territory from Russia. Posted 2017-10-18T18:02:15+00:00 - Updated 2017-09-21T19:02:32 ...

The original Alaska Purchase, ... and became a site of competition between Russian and American settlers in the early 1800's. ... but the sale of the land was delayed by the US Civil War.