Photo: Mt. Denali, Alaska, the highest point in North America. Credit: U.S. National Park Service; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Russia Formally Transferred Alaska to the U.S.

By Tony Pettinato on October 18, 2018

An article about the ceremony in Sitka, Alaska, on 18 October 1867, when Russia formally transferred the Territory of Alaska to the United States... (Read More)

Seward’s Alaska Purchase Not ‘Folly’

By Tony Pettinato on March 30, 2016

Two years after the Civil War ended, Secretary of State William Henry Seward surprised many by negotiating with Russia to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million... (Read More)