Watch Historic Travel US The West Marches On

On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signed an agreement with Baron Edouard Stoeckl, the Russian Minister to the United States for the acquisition of 590 thousand square miles of vastly unchartered and unknown land on the western coast of Canada. Dubbed as the "land that nobody knew", Alaska amazed explorers with its immeasurable wealth, vast diversity and scenic beauty. Learn more about this fascinating corner of the earth that was purchased from the Russians for a much-criticized sum of $7.2 million!