150 years ago today we purchased Alaska from the Russians at the exorbitant price of $7.2 million, in a blatant example of government overreach. (Sorry about that last bit, I've been posting too many political threads lately and it's hard to change my tone.)

Anyway, cool photo essay on Alaska's history in today's Atlantic for anybody interested.

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/03/150-years-ago-today-the-us-bought-alaska-from-russia-for-72-million/521340/