1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal ridiculed by critics as “Seward’s Folly.” ...

They include: -- William Seward, U.S. secretary of state whose purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 ... in 1824 -- Serial killer H. H. Holmes in 1861 -- Actor Henry Fonda in 1905 -- Author ...