CHOOSE YOUR STATE
Agent
Registration /
Email
/ Home
/ Links /
Terms
Interesting Alaska Facts
Joe Juneau
discovered gold in 1889 and ushered in the gold rush era. It most important
revenue is
the oil and gas industry. It accounts for 25% of the oil produced in the
United States. Fishing and
seafood industry is the states largest
private industry employer. The official state sport is dog mushing.
Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times. Its
name comes from the Eskimo word Alakshak meaning
great lands or peninsula. Largest Cities: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau,
Sitka, and Soldotna-Border
States: None. Capital City: Juneau-Statehood: January 3, 1959 (49th)-Population: 620,000 Nickname:Last
Frontier, Great Land, Land of the Midnight
Sun-Motto:North To The Future-Origin of State Name: Russian
version of Aleutian word "Alakshak" meaning "great lands" or "peninsula."-Counties: 25-Largest Cities:
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Soldotna-Border States: None-Land Area: 570,833 sq. mi., Largest
state-Highest Point: Mt. Mckinley, 20,320 ft Lowest Point: Pacific Ocean, sea level-State Bird: Willow
Ptarmigan -State
Flower:Forget Me Not (myosotis alpestris)-State Tree: Sitka spruce (picea sitchensis)
State Song: Alaska's
Flag-State Web Site:
www.state.ak.us
Copyrighted @ 2007 Agent Home
Listings . Com