If it wasn't for George Washington, Portland would probably be part of Russia today.https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1274039294991228928 …
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Russia claimed land as far south as the site of the California Gold Rush into the 1830s.
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Seward wanted it for years, originally for its uses in laying telegraph wire. Russia gave it up once it became indefensible & useless as a launching point against the British.
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