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In 1867 William Seward negotiated its purchase for about 2 cents an acre, totaling a cool $7.2 million Alaska $200 J AMERICAN HISTORY 2017-04-26 #7518
Americans began to occupy this even before we could send Russia the $7.2 million we paid for it Alaska $2,000 DJ AMERICAN HISTORY 2006-07-24 #5051
In October 1867 Gen. Rousseau took formal possession of this territory that the U.S. had bought in March Alaska $200 J AMERICAN HISTORY 1997-06-27 #2970
In 1878 the first salmon canneries were built in this new American possession Alaska $200 J AMERICAN HISTORY 1996-02-05 #2636
In 1784 Grigori Shelikhov founded the first Russian settlement in what is now this state Alaska $200 DJ AMERICAN HISTORY 1993-03-16 #1972
Organized as a territory in 1912, it became a state January 3, 1959 Alaska $200 DJ U.S. HISTORY 1993-02-22 #1956
The 1844 slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight" referred to the southern boundary of this Russian territory Alaska $600 DJ AMERICAN HISTORY 1991-12-31 #1692
Ironically, Horace Greeley disapproved of this 1867 purchase Alaska $100 J AMERICAN HISTORY 1991-01-03 #1464
Mass. Senator Charles Sumner gave this area its name, based on the Aleut word meaning "the great land" Alaska $400 DJ AMERICAN HISTORY 1990-06-08 #1345
On March 27, 1964, North America's most intense recorded earthquake, an 8.4, hit this state Alaska $400 DJ AMERICAN HISTORY 1989-11-27 #1206
In 1903, the U.S. & U.K. settled their old dispute over the boundary between Canada & this U.S. territory Alaska $200 DJ U.S. HISTORY 1988-03-25 #830
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