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INTRODUCTION: What thoughts come to mind with the phrase whide-open spaces, towering mountains and local people hunting, and fishing for there food? They sound like a description of the Old West. but they also fit Alaska. in the words of the state Motto its "North to the Future" for todays new pioneers. They are attracted by Alaska's promises of unspoiled wilderness, rich mineral resources, and a challenging natural inviorment. Alaska is a land of extemes. It far and away the largest state in the nation, it is also the most northern-and the iciest. Although it is probably the first on the continent touched by human being, Alaska remains one the least populated. Yet it is americas last and most glorious-frontier. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname: The Last Frontier Capital: Juneau State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan State Flower: Forget-me-not State Tree: Sitka Spruce State Motto: North to the Future State Song: Alaska's Flag State Abbreviation: Ala.(traditional) AK.(postal) State Hood: January 3, 1959, the 49th state. Area:589,878 sq miles (1,522,596 sq kilometers) 1st in size among the state;s Economy: Agriculture: Barley, hay, oats, potatoes, milk, eggs, beef cattle, greenhouse, and nursery pruducts. Fishing: Salmon, shrimp, crab, halibut. Manufacturing: Fish, Lumbur and wood products, furs, stone, paper & clay products. Minning: oil, natural gas, gold, sand and gravel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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SKI RESORT | DELTA JUNCTION DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND RESOUCES GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK KENNECOTT COPPER MINE KODIAK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE RUSSIAN BISHOP'S HOUSE SAINT NICHOLAS RUSSIAN CHURCH TOTEM HERRITAGE CENTER
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