William H. Seward Elementary School is ranked #102 in Alaska Elementary Schools. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they prepare their ...

Alaskans remember William Seward as the secretary of state who bought Alaska for $7.2 million, but acquiring Russian claims to America's Northwest was only one of his many important achievements.

William H. Seward in 1851, while a U.S. senator from New York (Library of Congress) William H. Seward regarded the purchase of Alaska as his greatest achievement and Alaskans are prone to agree.

And this man, William H. Seward, is truly significant. I have an antique Alaska souvenir spoon depicting a likeness of Seward around which is the motto, “The Father of Alaska.” ...

American Secretary of State William H. Seward, anxious to expand American Territory, signed a treaty for the sale on March 30, 1867, purchasing Alaska for 7.2 million dollars.

I remember one day his telling about the purchase of Alaska, which had recently been effected, ... 1868, William H. Seward,” still distinct, as he said, “long after he is gone.” ...

The $250,000 statue unveiled in 2017 depicts Seward holding the 1867 Treaty of Cession, which authorized the sale of the Alaska Territory to the U.S. from the Russian Empire.

Why is there a statue of William H. Seward at Volunteer Park, and why is an elementary school and an entirely different Seattle park also named for Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state? That ...

On March 30, 1867, the U.S. officially acquired Alaska from Russia in a purchase famously derided by its critics as “Seward’s Folly” (after Secretary of State William H. Seward, who ...

AUBURN, N.Y. -- The Seward House Museum's summer fundraising event, Culinary Expeditions, will feature a medley of international cuisine tasting event based on the travels of William Henry Seward ...

Chester A. Arthur, William Lloyd Garrison, and General Winfield Scott Hancock were amongst the celebrities who attended the 1876 dedication of the William Henry Seward statue in Madison Square ...