President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

In fact, William H. Seward was ridiculed by some for ... Politicians and journalists opposed to the Alaska Purchase called it ‘Seward’s Folly’ early on in negotiations.

Anchorage police have identified the people killed in a Monday crash on the Seward Highway near Portage ... that slickened roads across Southcentral Alaska. In Anchorage, police received reports ...

A seven-night cruise starts at $757 for a Seward to Vancouver sailing aboard Radiance of the Seas in September 2025. Royal Caribbean International also sails some of the best Alaska itineraries ...

Two people died and three were injured in a head-on collision on the Seward Highway near Portage on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The collision involved a pickup and an SUV in the area of ...

When U.S. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, he negotiated a price of $7.2 million—about $153 million today—for almost 600,000 square miles of territory ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system ...

January 8, 2025 at 5:06 p.m. ·9 min read On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, ...

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, May 6, 1861. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The ...