To: cracker45; Tainan; Jet Jaguar; SENTINEL; redpoll; ArmyTeach; Eska; hattend; hosepipe; vpintheak; ...
The Russians weren’t smart enough to do much with Alaska beyond over-whaling and over-hunting. So when Seward offered the Tsar two-cents an acre—$7.2 million for the whole kit and caboodle—the art of this deal created a bigger, better, safer, and richer America. 
6 posted on
08/22/2019 7:43:26 PM PDT by
KC_Lion
To: KC_Lion
Loved that! Love her! Thanks for the ping! :)
37 posted on
08/23/2019 6:15:12 AM PDT by
Diana in Wisconsin
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