This Day In History

The U.S. takes possession of Alaska on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand are here to tell us how Alaska began the journey towards statehood. The United States purchased Russian America from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million and would not officially be handed over... The post October 18 – Russian America becomes the Department of Alaska appeared first on This Day In History.