In the spring of 1867, after the Alaska purchase treaty passed ... at least lukewarm support for the treaty still ran cartoons mocking the purchase. The New York Herald supported the treaty ...

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The Alaska Purchase gave the United States a land mass of 586,412 square miles, an area about twice the size of Texas. But it came at a time when the United States had just ended the Civil War ...

Wednesday marks the 150th anniversary of the US taking possession of Alaska following the 1867 purchase of the territory from Russia. The idea of an “Alaska Purchase” saw a renaissance last ...

ROBERT J. WALKER, before the Committee directed to investigate the rumors in regard to the Alaska purchase money. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Petitioners have called for the removal of a statue in Alaska depicting the U.S. cabinet secretary who arranged the purchase of the state’s land from Russia. Juneau resident Jennifer LaRoe ...

Wednesday marks the 150th anniversary of the US taking possession of Alaska following the 1867 purchase of the territory from Russia. The idea of an “Alaska Purchase” saw a renaissance last ...

Wednesday marks the 150th anniversary of the US taking possession of Alaska following the 1867 purchase of the territory from Russia. The idea of an “Alaska Purchase” saw a renaissance last ...