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Alaska
The Last Frontier

Alaska was first discovered in 1741 by Danish explorer Vitus Bering on a voyage from Siberia and was first settled by Russian whalers and fur traders on Kodiak Island in 1784.   Alaska's name is based on the Eskimo word Alakshak meaning great lands or peninsula.

Capital City: Juneau
Location: 58.38858 N, 134.13342 W
Bird: Willow Ptarmigan
Climate
Economy:

• Agriculture: Seafood, nursery stock, dairy products, vegetables, livestock.
• Industry: Petroleum and natural gas, gold and other mining, food processing, lumber and wood products, tourism.

Flower: Forget Me Not  myosotis alpestris
Governor: Tony Knowles (D)
Highest Point: Mt. McKinley; 20,320 feet, 1st
Largest Cities: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Soldotna
Lowest Point: Pacific Coast; Sea level, 3rd
Motto: North To The Future
Statehood: January 3, 1959; 49th State

Famous Alaskans

Aleksandr Baranov trader, public official, Russia
Margaret Elizabeth Bell author
Benny Benson designed state flag at age 13, Chignik
Vitus Bering explorer, Denmark
Charles E. Bunnell educator
William A. Egan first state governor
Carl Ben Eielson pioneer pilot
Henry E. Gruennig political leader
B. Frank Heintzleman territorial governor
Walter J. Hickel former governor
Sheldon Jackson educator and missionary, Minaville, NY
Joe Juneau prospector
Austin Lathrop industrialist
Sydney Lawrence painter
John Griffith (Jack) London author, San Francisco, CA
Ray Mala actor
John Muir naturalist, explorer, Scotland
Virgil F. Partch cartoonist
Joe Redington, Sr. sled-dog musher and promoter

Links

Tour Alaska

State Symbols

History of Alaska

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