Timeline March 1867

Events in March 1867 2

• 1867 Nebraska admitted as the 37th US state Statehood follows homesteading-driven population growth Nebraska joined the United States as its 37th state on March 1, 1867. Rapid settlement under the Homestead Act had swelled its population enough to qualify for statehood. Lincoln was later chosen as the new state's capital.
• 1867 United States purchases Alaska from Russia Treaty signed for $7.2 million Secretary of State William Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million, about two cents per acre. The US Senate ratified the treaty on April 9, and formal transfer of the territory took place at Sitka on October 18. Critics mocked the deal as 'Seward's Folly' until gold and oil discoveries later proved its value.