Kleinmartin, Hex

In 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia. It was called "Seward's Folly" because Alaska was thought to be a frozen wasteland. Discover the circumstances and geopolitical effects of the Alaska purchase in Seward's Folly and Alaska.

In the 1800s, the state of New York needed a solution to make the western end of the state near the Great Lakes more accessible. This is a brief account of how the Erie Canal came to be and the people involved in the creation.