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	Washington's Classical 103.5
		Kansas City readers also will appreciate Fairchild's "The Follies Burlesque, Market Street, Kansas City." Those with long memories will recall that the Folly Theater boasts a past much shadier than its current incarnation as a place to hear jazz guitarist Pat Metheny or classical pianist Ivan Moravec.
		In Fairchild's piece, "a young poet" confronts the unfamiliar experiences of "cut-rate booze" and "the glitter of spangled G-strings." Yet the good-natured sleaze established early on gives way to transcendence, which Fairchild renders, improbably enough, by transforming an old Folly marquee slogan into a statement of beauty, almost purity.
		In "Buick," our hero roams from Kansas to California to Texas to Paris, pondering whether there is any order in the chaos of life.
	www.wgms.com /index.php?nid=65&sid=191356 (999 words)

	Washington's Classical 103.5
		Kansas City readers also will appreciate Fairchild's "The Follies Burlesque, Market Street, Kansas City." Those with long memories will recall that the Folly Theater boasts a past much shadier than its current incarnation as a place to hear jazz guitarist Pat Metheny or classical pianist Ivan Moravec.
		In Fairchild's piece, "a young poet" confronts the unfamiliar experiences of "cut-rate booze" and "the glitter of spangled G-strings." Yet the good-natured sleaze established early on gives way to transcendence, which Fairchild renders, improbably enough, by transforming an old Folly marquee slogan into a statement of beauty, almost purity.
		``in Seward County, Kansas, where the plains wind riffed
	www.wgms.com /index.php?nid=65&sid=191356 (999 words)

	SitNews - Alaskan boulder to honor Seward at Union College, NY
		And those who know of Seward usually only remember 'Seward's Folly' -- a mockery of his Alaska purchase- which was not actually a folly."
		An 1820 graduate of Union College, William H. Seward is perhaps best known for engineering the $7.2 million United States purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.
		While the Class of 2000 was working to erect a permanent tribute to Seward, they also named the campus shuttle "Seward's Trolley." The student shuttle is a refurbished trolley.
	www.sitnews.us /0505news/051405/051405_seward.html (520 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Politicians Portrayed on Money
		As Secretary of State in 1867, made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly".
		FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression; John T. Flynn,
		Richard Howell; son of Samuel Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; son-in-law of
	politicalgraveyard.com /special/coins-currency.html (520 words)

	Seward, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The purchase of this frontier land ("Seward's Icebox") was mocked as "Seward's Folly" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden".
		Seward is the seventh most lucrative fisheries port in the United States per value.
		Seward is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seward,_Alaska (646 words)

	Seward, William Henry on Encyclopedia.com
		His foresight was not generally acknowledged, however, and Alaska was long popularly called "Seward's folly." He also tried to purchase the two most important islands in the Danish West Indies (the Virgin Islands), but the Senate refused to approve his action.
		Seward was an uncompromising foe of slavery, and, although he apparently tempered his public expressions so as not to alienate votes, he nevertheless made two remarks that became catchphrases of the antislavery forces.
		Seward was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1849.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Seward-W1.asp (753 words)

	Seward, Alaska :: by BEARFOOT Guides :: Kenai Fjords Park, Camping, Harding Icefield, Marine Life, Wildlife, Earthquake History, Glacier Cruises, Travel Information & More
		Seward was chosen in 1903 as the terminus of the Alaska Railroad.
		At that time, Seward was one of the most important towns in the territory.
		The photograph at right, on the other hand, provides less evidence of folly than of a strong and distinctively Alaskan sense of humor: a boatload of flowers is kept from floating away by being moored tightly to a pier.
	www.bearfootguides.com /communities/seward/seward.htm (948 words)

	Seward County KS
		Later as U. Secretary of State he negotiated the purchase of "Seward's Folly", Alaska, from Russia.
		Seward, Governor and United States Senator of New York, and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.
		William Seward was a Senator from New York who fought for Kansas entrance into the Union as a free state.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /counties/SW (354 words)

	Seward, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The purchase of this frontier land ("Seward's Icebox") was mocked as "Seward's Folly" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden".
		Seward is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
		The town of Seward marks the start of the Historic Iditarod Trail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seward,_Alaska (488 words)

	Mr. Lincoln's White House: William H. Seward (1801-1872)
		Seward continued in President Andrew Johnson's Cabinet and is known for the "Seward's Folly" purchase of Alaska from Russia.
		Seward remarked that, old as he was, he had learned a lesson from this affair, and that was, he had better attend to his own business and confine his labors to his own Department.
		Seward and his son Frederick came to my rooms at Willard's with a telegram from Captain Meigs at New York, stating in effect that the movements were retarded and embarrassed by conflicting order from the Secretary of the Navy.
	www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org /inside.asp?ID=93&subjectID=2 (1945 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -ALASKA PURCHASE
		Many Radical Republicans scoffed at "Seward's folly," although their criticism appears to have been based less on the merits of the purchase than on their hostility to President Johnson and to Seward as Johnson's political ally.
		Seward mounted a vigorous campaign, however, and with support from Charles Sumner, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, won approval of the treaty on April 9 by a vote of 37-2.
		But Stoeckl correctly judged that the secretary would agree to a higher figure because of Seward's passionate commitment to American expansion as well as his wish to conclude the matter while Congress was still in session.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_002000_alaskapurcha.htm (403 words)

	Today in History: March 30
		Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal with Russia, which came to be known as "Seward's folly." They mocked his willingness to spend so much on "Seward's icebox" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden."
		The town of Seward, Alaska, located on the Kenai Peninsula at the head of Resurrection Bay, was founded in 1903 as a supply base for the construction of a railway to the Yukon Valley.
		Seward, secretary of state under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, supported American expansion and was eager to acquire Alaska.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/mar30.html (472 words)

	Huguenot Historical Society Library William Henry Seward Letters (1840-1842)
		President Lincoln and President Johnson from 1861-1869, and for the purchase of Alaska in 1867, also known as Seward's Folly.
		Seward strongly opposed slavery, and worked particularly hard to fight its expansion into the new territories.
		Before he became Secretary of State, however, Seward worked as a lawyer in Auburn, NY from 1822- 1828 and became active in the Antimasonic Party in 1828.
	hhs-newpaltz.org /library_archives/collections/finding_aids/seward_william_h.html (261 words)

	Everything Alaska / Seward's Folly
		Seward was so adamant on purchasing Alaska that he started negotiating with the Russian minister, Edouard de Stoeckl, before he was authorized by the President.
		Seward wanted so much for the treaty to be signed that he opened the State Department that evening after hours and made the Russian delegation welcome.
		While the Russian Minister was taking the offer to the Czar, Seward asked the Cabinet for authority to offer $7,000,000.00 As they had not been notified of the pending purchase, and due to their caring little about Alaska, they did not object to Seward's request, much to his surprise.
	www.everythingalaska.com /eta.sfy.html (364 words)

	Today in History: March 30
		Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal with Russia, which came to be known as "Seward's folly." They mocked his willingness to spend so much on "Seward's icebox" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden."
		The town of Seward, Alaska, located on the Kenai Peninsula at the head of Resurrection Bay, was founded in 1903 as a supply base for the construction of a railway to the Yukon Valley.
		Seward, secretary of state under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, supported American expansion and was eager to acquire Alaska.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/mar30.html (472 words)

	Everything Alaska / Seward's Folly
		Seward was so adamant on purchasing Alaska that he started negotiating with the Russian minister, Edouard de Stoeckl, before he was authorized by the President.
		Seward wanted so much for the treaty to be signed that he opened the State Department that evening after hours and made the Russian delegation welcome.
		While the Russian Minister was taking the offer to the Czar, Seward asked the Cabinet for authority to offer $7,000,000.00 As they had not been notified of the pending purchase, and due to their caring little about Alaska, they did not object to Seward's request, much to his surprise.
	www.everythingalaska.com /eta.sfy.html (364 words)

	Alaska
		Prior to statehood in 1959, the territory was nicknamed "Seward's folly" or "Seward's icebox", a supposed gaffe by then-U.S. Secretary of State William Seward.
		Those sportsmen who prefer can try their luck in the Gulf of Alaska or the Pacific Ocean for the vaunted king salmon, king crab or giant halibut.
		In addition, Denali (Mount McKinley) at over 20,000 feet, is America's tallest and anchors the rugged Alaska Range.
	www.akohwy.com (303 words)

	Seward County KS
		Later as U. Secretary of State he negotiated the purchase of "Seward's Folly", Alaska, from Russia.
		Seward, Governor and United States Senator of New York, and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.
		The Kansas State Historical Society also has more historical data for Seward County online including a rich bibliography and lists of cemeteries, post offices, and newspapers.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /counties/SW (354 words)

	Archive Photos: William Seward@ HighBeam Research
		He was most famous for what was called ³Seward¹s Folly² which was the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
		Former Secretary of State William Henry Seward was appointed to his governmental post by Lincoln.
		He also led the formation of the Republican Party out of the ashes of the anti-slavery Whigs.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:30491624&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (145 words)

	Seward Alaska, Kenai Peninsula campgrounds and RV parks
		Seward's Folly, a bus shuttle, runs along the main road.
		There are no gas stations on the Seward Highway between miles 6.6 and 90, but gas is available near the highway on the Hope Road or Sterling Highway.
		The SEWARD HIGHWAY starts at the intersection of 10th Ave.
	www.karo-ent.com /seward.htm (145 words)

	MSN Encarta - William H. Seward
		Alaska, considered by many to be an unwise purchase, was disparagingly called Seward's Icebox or Seward's Folly.
		William Seward (1801-72), American statesman, born in Florida, New York, and educated at Union College, Schenectady, New York.
		While secretary of state, Seward also advocated a policy of American expansion.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561374/William_H_Seward.html (285 words)

	Mr. Lincoln's White House: William H. Seward (1801-1872)
		Seward continued in President Andrew Johnson's Cabinet and is known for the "Seward's Folly" purchase of Alaska from Russia.
		Seward remarked that, old as he was, he had learned a lesson from this affair, and that was, he had better attend to his own business and confine his labors to his own Department.
		Seward and his son Frederick came to my rooms at Willard's with a telegram from Captain Meigs at New York, stating in effect that the movements were retarded and embarrassed by conflicting order from the Secretary of the Navy.
	www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org /inside.asp?ID=93&subjectID=2 (1945 words)

	Auburn's Historic Sites: The Seward House
		At the time, skeptics called it "Seward's Folly," yet it has since proved one of the United States best investments.
		In 1867, Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
		For nearly half a century, the Seward House was home to William Henry Seward, New York Governor, United States Senator and Secretary of State in the cabinets of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson.
	www.tourauburnny.com /seward.html (232 words)

	Auburn's Historic Sites: The Seward House
		At the time, skeptics called it "Seward's Folly," yet it has since proved one of the United States best investments.
		For nearly half a century, the Seward House was home to William Henry Seward, New York Governor, United States Senator and Secretary of State in the cabinets of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson.
		In 1867, Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
	www.tourauburnny.com /seward.html (232 words)

	Today in History: March 30
		Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal with Russia, which came to be known as "Seward's folly." They mocked his willingness to spend so much on "Seward's icebox" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden."
		Seward, secretary of state under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, supported American expansion and was eager to acquire Alaska.
		The town of Seward, Alaska, located on the Kenai Peninsula at the head of Resurrection Bay, was founded in 1903 as a supply base for the construction of a railway to the Yukon Valley.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/today/mar30.html (472 words)

	The Fort
		The construction began and on March 3, 1904 the Fort was named in honor of William H. Seward who was the secretary of state who negotiated the purchase of Alaska (Seward's Folly) and had visited the Chilkat Valley in 1869.
		On April 11, 1972 Fort Seward was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and officially designated a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978.
		In 1903 an act of Congress deeded 4400 acres of land adjacent to the city of Haines to the army for the construction of Alaska's first permanent army post.
	www.alaskaindianarts.com /thefort.html (426 words)

	Strange Science: Timeline
		This rejection will become known among paleontologists as "Seward's folly."
		1931-The highly influential paleobotanist Sir Albert Charles Seward rejects the biologic interpretation of Cryptozoon fossils (stromatolites).
		1953-Stanley Miller and Harold Urey combine gases generally believed to be in the earth's early atmosphere (methane, ammonia and water vapor) and charge them with electricity.
	www.strangescience.net /timeline.htm (426 words)

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	New York 9th Heavy Artillery
		Read little known details about: hangings; prostitution; amputations; desertions; theft and murder among Union troops; personal contacts with Lincoln and Seward (of "Seward's Alaskan Folly"); battles of Cold Harbor, Jerusalem Plank Road, Monocacy, Opequon, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, the Siege of Petersburg, Mosby's Men, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
		Colonel Seward's horse, like many of the soldiers, just from the farm, deliberately lay down, so frightened was he at the firing of the cannon.
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	www.authorlisasaunders.com /mycustompage0013.htm (2899 words)

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