Here are two interesting facts: Wyatt Earp, the famous marshall of Tombstone and the Gunfight at the OK corral, spent several years mining in Nome, Alaska, during the Gold Rush of the late 1890s.
Congress was not in support of the purchase of Alaska and historically it became know as "Steward's Folly". But Congress referred to it in other terms as well, here are a few: "Seward's Ice Box:", "Icebergia," "Polaria," & "Walrussia." Congress was none to happy with the President's support and applied the term "Johnson's Polar Bear Garden." to show their disdain.
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