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