Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so ...

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

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

Princes William and Harry will be in mourning following the sad news of a "surrogate father" figure, according to an expert. It has emerged that Graham Craker, a protection officer of both the ...

On March 30th, 1867, the American Secretary of State, William H. Seward, signed a treaty with the Russian Minister, Baron Edouard de Stoeckl, to conclude what was perhaps the shrewdest purchase in ...

The Greenlandic broadcasting corporation said satirically on Tuesday that the government of the autonomous territory, which belongs to Denmark, is planning to purchase the US state of Alaska.

Wojtusik said although Monday is a state holiday (Seward’s Day, which celebrates the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 after Secretary of State William H. Seward signed a treaty), state offices ...

Alaska, of course ... an asset he saw as disposable. Secretary Seward had prescience like few politicians before or since, when he undertook to purchase the territory. He suffered the slings ...

Monday marked Seward's Day in Alaska, a holiday that celebrates the United States' purchase of Alaska from Russia. While many state offices were closed in observance of the holiday, Permanent Fund ...

In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward reached an agreement with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million in gold. File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI In 1870, the 15th ...