Seward Town
Situated at the head of Resurrection Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is one of Alaska’s oldest communities. It was named after William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In 1867, he fought for the U.S. purchase of Alaska which he finally negotiated to acquire from Russia. In 1793 Alexander Baranov of the Shelikhov-Golikov company (precursor of the Russian-American Company) established a fur trade post on Resurrection Bay where Seward is today, and had a three-masted vessel, the Phoenix, built at the post by James Shields, an English shipwright in Russian service. A large portion of Seward was damaged by shaking and a local tsunami during the 1964 Alaska earthquake.
Seward Town
Situated at the head of Resurrection Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is one of Alaska’s oldest communities. It was named after William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In 1867, he fought for the U.S. purchase of Alaska which he finally negotiated to acquire from Russia. In 1793 Alexander Baranov of the Shelikhov-Golikov company (precursor of the Russian-American Company) established a fur trade post on Resurrection Bay where Seward is today, and had a three-masted vessel, the Phoenix, built at the post by James Shields, an English shipwright in Russian service. A large portion of Seward was damaged by shaking and a local tsunami during the 1964 Alaska earthquake.