Seward's+Folly



In 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. The rest of the country thought that Alaska was just a piece of land with no value. They came to call it Seward's Folly because they believed it was extremely stupid of him to buy it.

Information provided by: Pathways to the Present pg. 354

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