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American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Alaska: big, open, frozen and wild. In 1867, the acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire was widely derided as “folly.” Early explorers like John Muir saw its potential though, and clamored for its preservation in the face of increasing development and calls for statehood. But when oil is discovered, the real fight begins. Caught between angry Alaskan individualists and an ambitious federal government, the National Park Service struggles to do what’s right for the land and the people who live and depend on it.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
0:05.6	download the app today.
0:09.9	Imagine this early evening on May 29, 1867.
0:23.1	You sit at a table in a tavern in Raleigh, North Carolina.
0:26.7	A soldier under the command of Major General Daniel Sickles sent to the south to help keep
0:36.7	order during reconstruction.
0:39.0	You're waiting for your cousin, Edgar, who's gone to the bar to get drinks.
0:42.8	Edgar lives locally, and you've made a point of getting drinks with him each month, doing
0:46.9	your part to men fences.
0:48.8	You're wrapping up your service soon though, so this will be one of your last meetings.
0:53.0	He comes back from the bar and slams the drinks down on the table.
0:56.3	The bartender's name was Seward.
0:58.2	Can you believe it?
0:59.4	Just like that idiot in Washington made me mad all over again.
1:02.8	Seward, what are you talking about?
1:04.4	Seward, who?
1:05.4	Don't you read the papers?
1:06.8	William Seward, Secretary of State.
1:09.0	That chowder brain paid the Russian government $7,200,000 for a frozen wasteland up north.
1:16.7	Alaska.
1:18.5	The name stirs your memory.
1:20.1	Yeah, you've heard about this.
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