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Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska is a reminder that the 49th state was once a Russian territory
On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, Czar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, his country’s last remaining foothold in North America, to the United States for US$7.2 million.
Alaska officially became a state 92 years after the transaction, in January 1959, making it the 49th state. Hawaii became the ...
Historian David Reamer shares three items that offer an interesting perspective on the corners of Alaska history.
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Alaska's Longest River Is A Vacation Haven For Water Sports Aficionados Surrounded In Otherworldly Beauty
River runners seeking peak adventure flock to Alaska's mightiest river, where bears and moose roam the shores and cliffs ...
The US president is betting big on hydrocarbon exports, turning American oil and gas into a key bargaining chip in trade and ...
There are 50 cards in the set, covering every continental state and territory, reflecting the union as it was then. In 1892, ...
White Water star Dustin Hurt has accumulated a $1 million fortune through nearly a decade of televised mining adventures.
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