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Cooper Landing,
Alaska Hotels and Motels
Lodging Reservation Guide
Alaska
America's last frontier. On
March 30, 1867, the United States agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2
million dollars, about two cents an acre; "Seward's Folly" many called
it, after Secretary of State William H. Seward. A check for $7,200,000.00 was
issued on August 1, 1868 and made payable to Edouard de Stoeckl, the Russian Minister
to the United States.
On January 3, 1959, Alaska, with
a land mass larger than Texas, California and Montana combined, became the 49th
state in the union. It is a large state, 1/5 the size of all the other states
together, reaching so far to the west that the International Date Line had to
be bent to keep the state all in the same day. It's also the only U.S. state extending
into the Eastern Hemisphere.
In Alaska, the "family car"
has wings, vegetables and fruit grow to two times their normal size and moose
interrupt golf games when they feel like it.
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Alaska
THE NAME:
The name "Alaska" was used by the Russians to refer only to the peninsula.
This name was used by the United States to refer, first to the entire territory,
and then, to the State after its purchase in 1867.
The name "Alaska" is taken from the Aleut word "aláxsxaq"
that refers to an object to which the sea is directed, in this case the Alaska
peninsula and mainland. This is sometimes loosely translated as "great land."
THE NICKNAMES:
The Last Frontier: Alaska, admitted as the 49th state to the union is thought
of as "America's Last Frontier" because of it's distance from the lower
48 states and because of it's rugged landscape and climate. This remote and rugged
perception is evidenced by the fact that only about 1/3 of the state has been
organized into political units; 13 boroughs (similar to counties) are defined.
Seward's Folly: When the agreement
to purchase the Alaska territory from Russia was struck in 1867 by Secretary of
State William H. Seward, there were many in the lower 48 states, who looked upon
the deal with skepticism and were critical of the secrecy that had surrounded
it and of the high price tag. Though Seward finalized agreement with Russia in
March, it was a long and bitter battle to get final Congressional approval for
the purchase and then get Congress to approve the money for the purchase. During
this period, critics of Seward's agreement to purchase the Alaska territory from
Russia called the plan referred to the plan as "Seward's Folly." Congress,
finally relented and on October 18, 1867, in Sitka, the Imperial Russian Flag
was lowered and the Stars and Stripes was raised.
Seward's Ice Box: The is a derisive
name given to the Alaska territory during the battle between Secretary of State
William H. Seward and the United States Congress over the purchase of the land
from Russia. Other satirical names were "Icebergia," "Polaria,"
and "Walrussia." Critics of the purchase also chastised the President
of the United State, Andrew Johnson, by referring to the Alaska territory as "Johnson's
Polar Bear Garden."
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