Fancy Folly

William Seward was first to realize the true value of the Danish West Indies and wanted to purchase the islands, but Congress, already weary of Seward’s multi-million dollar Alaska Folly, voted it down. Later, in 1917, the U.S. changed its mind and quickly bought these islands, known today as the U. S. Virgin Islands. Thanks to the dreamer, Mr. Seward.

Did you know?

The Tallgrass prairie is home to 457 species of birds,

87 species of mammals and 71 species of snakes, lizards and turtles. 

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Did you know?

The Bohemian Alps, just northwest of Seward, Nebraska, 

was a tongue-in-cheek name given to the rolling hills by Czech immigrants. 

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Did you know?

When pioneers reached the midwest and saw the vastness of tall grasses — a contrast to the gloomy forests where they had always lived — they didn’t know what to call them, and borrowed the term already in use among the French inhabitants: Prairie -- meaning ‘meadow’ in French.