Some called it Seward's Folly and others called it Johnson's icebox thinking that it was useless and would never be worth anything.
Alaska was called Seward's Folly.
Correct."Fulton's Folly," the Clermont, was a steamboat.
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A man named William Sewared. On January 3, 1959
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Alaska Purchase is the correct name, but to Seward's opponents in was called Seward's Folly.
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The purchase of Alaska was called "Seward's Folly," or Seward's Icebox." The purchase of Alaska was called "Seward's Folly," or Seward's Icebox."