Rail Bits

November 1, 2014

Building the Alaska Railroad 1914-1923

Alaska, our 49th state, was once owned by Russia. In 1867, needing money and worried that the British might seize Alaska for Canadian territory, Russia offered to sell its distant colony to the U.S. The American government was equally concerned that the British not expand Canada. Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated a treaty […]

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