
Seward Alaska
We left the town of Kenai and crossed the peninsula from west to east and rolled into the town of Seward. The town was was named after William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In 1867, he fought for the U.S. purchase of Alaska which he finally negotiated to acquire from Russia. The US paid about 2 cents per acre – he was an astute purchaser – bought right ! The total purchase…