Alaska elder statesman and Interior icon John Bruce “Jack” Coghill ... and had been living comfortably at the home of his son, state Sen. John Coghill, according to a statement the senator ...

Roberta Bille Reeve Sheldon lived a life that spanned both the globe and significant periods of Alaska's history as a territory and then a state, but had perhaps its most profound impact in the ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of Alaska residents gathered to celebrate one of the state’s civil rights icons, whose image will soon appear on a U.S. gold dollar. The Alaska Native ...

Alaska was controversially purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. Critics called the transaction "Seward's Folly" after William Seward, the US secretary of state ... An icon in the shape ...

1. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, or about 2 cents an acre. Critics of the purchase, often referred to as "Seward's Folly," quickly ...