Alaska was one of the farthest
points away from civilization on earth. Alaska was officially part of
Russia. The year was 1867 and Alaska was purchased from Russia for
$7,200,000, being twice the size of Texas, with 34,000 miles of
uncharted rivers. Not until gold was found in 1880 did Americans in
number invade this frontier. The history begins in l 897 when a
group of prospectors were caught by the freeze-up in an old Russian
post on Norton Sound, which opens to the Bering Sea. Not wanting to
winter over, a few men formed a party to cross the Sound and prospect
the mouth of the Fish River Golovnin Bay. They found a little gold
which stimulated their interest. The next summer they returned to
explore the area more thoroughly. In 1943 Japan invaded the
Aleutian Islands, which started the One Thousand Mile War, the first
battle fought on American soil since the Civil War. After war, it
became an official state, the 49th, in 1958.
Bolivian history was really peaceful, there were not as many wars.
Because of that Bolivian history is still being written today. In the
past 3 years there has been manifestation of people wanting a civil
war. 2 president resignations had been made in the past 2 years.
Bolivian history is still to be written while Alaska's history is
still in a definition state, all of the trouble because of the global
warming, the world may change forever in while, but this two places are
already writing its future.
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