Russia. The purchase was considered to have been a major error in judgment in the extreme that it was known as Seward's Folly for years.
1860's. Purchased from Russia and known as Seward's Folly. Seward was in Lincoln's cabinet.
The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. The cost of the purchase was 7.2 million US dollars. The purchase was known as "Seward's Folly."
On October 11, 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia. However, the territory would be known as Seward's Folly until the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896.
The press and many US citizens ridiculed the purchase of Alaska by Secretary of State William Seward. The purchase in 1867 amounted to the US paying Russia $7,200,000. Few people understood why the territory known as Russian America was purchased. It was tagged with the name of "Seward's Folly".
America's purchase of Alaska The purchase of Alaska Sec. of State Seward from Russia. It was thought that there was lillte to nothing in Alaska to warrent the purchase. Discoveries of gold and oil have shown his detracters wrong.
US Secretary of State Seward was able to purchase the territory now known as the state of Alaska from Russia. Many people believed it was a worthless purchase and nicknamed it "Seward's Folly". The purchase took place in 1867. Until purchased by the US, it was called Russian Alaska. It turned out to be a valuable deal for the US.
William H. Seward, hence the the city/town Seward. The purchase was also known as Seward's Folly.
His Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Seward, was instrumental in purchasing Alaska from Russia. It was known as "Seward's Folly."
Alaska had never been a part of the "Soviet Union" but it had been a part of Russia before Russia formed the Soviet Union. Russia agreed to sell the land that is now Alaska to the United States in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. The deal was then known as Seward's Folly after Secretary of State William H. Seward, who brokered the deal. It doesn't look like such folly now.
"Seward's Folly" is a nickname for Alaska. The capital of Alaska is Juneau.
The Folly Theatre had several other names, beginning with the Lowther Rooms.