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Russia had settled in Alaska since the 1790s, but fur trapping in Alaska turned out to be far less profitable than Russians originally thought. Transporting the fur across the Bering Strait was too costly.
Russia offered the territory, which they called Russian-America, to the United States, but the offer was not seriously considered because the Civil War broke out in the United States around the same time, and the President was too busy.
During this time period, communication seaside inn overseas took very long, while overland communication was much faster. To remedy this, the UK began to seek other methods of communication between Europe and North America.  The first attempt at the transatlantic telegraph cable was in 1857, by Cyrus West Field. At the time, just laying the undersea cable across the Atlantic was quite a feat, but the cable lasted less than a month before it broke.
When the cable broke, seaside inn a man named Perry Collins went to Western Union Telegraph Company with a plan to connect North America with Russia via overland cable and then across the Bering Strait.  Communications between the Russian and the United States governments seaside inn increased, as they worked together on this Western Union Telegraph expedition.
Russian America began working seaside inn on the telegraph seaside inn cable, but rough terrain and harsh conditions slowed progress.  Meanwhile, a transatlantic telegraph cable was finally successful in July 1866. The Russian American workers, seaside inn however, did not find this out for an entire year, while they continued seaside inn to work on their own telegraph lines. In July 1867, work on the Russian-American Telegraph was stopped. By this time, Russia had wasted a great deal of money on the telegraph system.
The decision was unpopular, as most Americans believed Alaska was worthless due to cold temperatures and inability to farm. The Alaska Purchase was nicknamed “Seward’s seaside inn Folly.” {Later, gold and oil were discovered in Alaska, making it one of the best sources for natural resources seaside inn in the United States. Alaska s abundant fish, oil, gold, timber and other resources have paid back the purchase price several times over.}
In 1884, Alaska became a civil and judicial seaside inn district of the United States . With this, Alaska came under the US law and subsequently a federal court was established for law enforcement. In 1912, after international boundaries were demarcated between Canada and the US, Alaska became a US Territory. seaside inn In 1942, during World War II (1939-1945) Japan occupied Attu and Kiska islands, which were repossessed  by the US in 1943. Alaska became 49th state of the US in 1959.