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Admitted as the 49th U.S. State on January 3, 1959

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Alaska became an organized territory by March 11, 1912

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It was also known as Seward's Icebox because it was an unpopular place at first.

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Alaska's economy is dominated by oil, natural gas and fishing industries.

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Gold Rush starting from U.S. first settlement till 1910 brought thousands of miners to Alaska in search of gold.

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The Civil war delayed the sale but eventually the deal came through

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The purchase ended Russia's presence in North America and ensured U.S. access to the Pacific Northern Rim.

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buying Alaska proved to be a very good move. Major discoveries of gold in the 1880s and 1890s

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alaska is so large that the addition of this land would increase the size of the U.S. by nearly 20 percent.

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The Alaskan Purchase was actually known as Sewards Folly

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For 3 decades after the purchase of Alaska the United States paid very little attention to it. Alaska was governed under military, naval, or treasury rule and at times no visible rule at all.

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we got Alaska on March 30, 1867

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Russia offered to sell Alaska in 1859 believing that the U.S. would off-set the designs of Russia's greatest rival in the Pacific (Great britain)

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Russia sold it to the U.S. for 7.2 million dollars for less than 2 cents an acre

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Russia wanted to sell its Alaskan territory, fearing that it might be seized if war broke out with Britain. Russia's primary activities in the territory had been fur trade and missionary work among the Native Alaskans. The land added 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km2) of new territory to the United States.

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Secretary of state William Seward took up a renewed Russian offer and on March 30, 1867 he agreed to a proposal from the Russian minister in Washington Edouard de Stoeckl to purchase Alaska for 7.2 million dollars

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Help explain how the US got control of Alaska.