Author: Dexter & Lynette Clark (Dexter & Lynette Clark)

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Dissolving the Political Bands

When Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, most Americans were not convinced that the purchase of such remote real estate was a good idea.  It was called “Seward’s folly” or “Seward’s icebox.”  (William H. Seward was the secretary of state who negotiated the deal.)  Until then, America had only acquired contiguous territory,...