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    The Alaska Purchase saw the Russian Empire transfer Alaska to the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023)...
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    to purchase Alaska was made in April 1867, the actual purchase and transfer of control took place on October 18, 1867. The cost to purchase Alaska was...
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    United States accepted Emperor Alexander II's offer to sell Alaska. The purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million (equivalent to $157 million in 2023) ended...
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  • airline purchased three other airlines in Alaska, including: Lavery Air Service, Mirow Air Service, and Pollack Flying Service. They also purchased a hangar...
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    Alaska (/əˈlæskə/ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. It borders the Canadian province of British Columbia...
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    action of the sea is directed"). The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. In the 1890s, gold rushes in Alaska and the nearby Yukon Territory brought...
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    for this land (to both France and the Indians). Alaska Purchase Corps of Discovery Florida Purchase Foreign affairs of the Jefferson administration Franco-American...
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    entice Russians to permanently migrate to Alaska; only a few hundred were there in 1867. In the Alaska Purchase of 1867, the land was sold to the United...
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    present-day Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United States, which occurred on Friday, October 18, 1867. On March 30, 1867, the United States purchased Alaska...
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    128-foot totem pole, one of the world's largest, carved in 1967 for the Alaska Purchase centennial. A first-class city, Kake has a mayor-council form of government...
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