A study of Imuruk Lake, a large, shallow lake in north-central Seward Peninsula, Alaska, illuminates the climatic history of northwestern Alaska and the tectonic history of central Seward Peninsula during Pleistocene and Recent time. Special interest attaches to the older lake sediments, because ...
Seward’s Day and AVTEC Seward’s Day commemorates the signing of the treaty by which the United States bought Alaska from Russia, while the AVTEC reflects Alaska's commitment to vocational training and development. Alaska History Alaska's history is as vast and diverse as its landscape. From ...
The history of the Alaska Railroad began in 1903 when the Alaska Central Railway completed its main line between Seward and 50 miles northward. It went bankrupt just four years later and was reorganized as the Alaska Northern Railway. The Alaska Northern extended the system to Kern Creek, 71...
Negotiated by US Secretary of State William Seward, the treaty buys what is now Alaska for $7.2 million, or about 2 cents an acre. Alaska's value was not appreciated by the American masses at the time, calling it "Seward's folly." ; Pribilof Islands placed under jurisdiction of Secretary...
So then, what was Seward's Folly? Seward's Folly is a term that refers to Secretary of State William Seward's purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. Because the land was located so far north, it was considered virtually unusable and uninhabitable. Because of these factors, Alaska was ...
摘要: Seward to Fairbanks 105 Matanuska Valley 113 The Aleutian Islands 124 The Alaska Highway127 The Cape Thompson area 194 Boundaries of the twelve Native regional corporations 210Alaska's sedimentary basins 244 Trans-Alaska pipeline route 267 Prudhoe-Bay oil...
In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million. This deal was dubbed “Seward’s Folly” at the time, but in light of Alaska’s eventual strategic importance for gold, oil and national security, now seems like a brilliant move. ...
Colony of Virginia-First Founded and First Calling for Freedom: Governors, Fairfax Resolves, and Patrick Henry's famous speech "Give me liberty ..." INDIAN HISTORY Lenape Indian Treaty with William Penn, & Zinzendorf's Moravian Missionaries, from Germany to Alaska David Brainerd -- Missionary ...
Seward also journeyed further north to the camp of a government scientist and accurately predicted that Alaska would become both a state and a tourist attraction. Today, an Alaskan city, highway and peninsula are all named for him, as is a state holiday that commemorates his once-ridiculed pur...
In Seward, the earthquake had ruptured oil tanks that were set ablaze, and when the tsunami arrived, it created a terrifying wave of fire. (Following the earthquake, towns such as Seward, Valdez and Chenega were moved to safer ground.) Fatalities were not limited to Alaska, however. ...