The purchase of Alaska by the US from Russia was known as Seward's Folly.
purchase of Alaska
It's not really a landmark. It is the state of Alaska. Secretary of state Seward purchased the territory of Alaska from Russia.
Alaska. Called Sewards Folly
In 1867 Secratory of state, William, H Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million. People thought he was crazy and called the land Sewards folly or sewards ice box, until gold was discovered..
Secretary of State, Seward, bought Alaska from the Russians in the 1900's, and most of the American population was outraged that he bought a desolate wasteland for the high price that he paid. The Americans called if "Seward's Folly" because it seemed like a ridiculous deal. But gold was soon discovered in Alaska, and Sweard's purchase was soon respected.
It was the name of the Ironclad that John Ericson made in the Civil War. (The Moniter)
Seward's enemies referred to his purchase of the Alaska from the Russian empire as "Seward's Folly."
Sewards Folly was bought from Russia in the 1940s and is now the great big state of Alaska.
It's not really a landmark. It is the state of Alaska. Secretary of state Seward purchased the territory of Alaska from Russia.
Sewards Folly
Alaska Purchase is the correct name, but to Seward's opponents in was called Seward's Folly.
Alaska. Called Sewards Folly
There were a very large group of sceptics that believed that the purchase of Alaska was a blunder. They called it Sewards Folly and Johnson's Icebox.
Seward's Icebox was a nickname given to Alaska after Secretary of State William Henry Seward bought it from Russia. The purchase was also nicknamed "Seward's Folly".
In 1867 Secratory of state, William, H Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million. People thought he was crazy and called the land Sewards folly or sewards ice box, until gold was discovered..
Freddie Trueman's birth name is Frederick Sewards Trueman.
the major land purchase that was made in 1867 when the U.S bought Alaska from Alaska
It was called Sewards Folly because it was thought there were very few resources there.