Fun facts about Alaska
These are 5 of Alaska's largest cities
- Anchorage
- Fairbanks
- Juneau
- Sitka
- Kechikan
Government
Alaska's capital is Juneau is bigger than Rhode island and Delaware individually and almost as large when they are together.
it is named after the gold miner Joe Juneau.
Alaska's Governor is Sean Parnell. Sean was born November 19 1962 in Hanford California.
He is the 10th and current Governor of Alaska.Some major industries are
Some point of interest are
2.Anchorage Museum
The Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center is a museum located in downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning as a public-private partnership to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Alaska purchase, it opened in 1968 with an exhibition of 60 borrowed Alaska paintings and a collection of 2,500 historic and ethnographic objects loaned from the local historical society, and the museum has been enlarged several times since.
3.Portage Glacier
Portage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska and is included within the Chugach National Forest. It is located south of Portage Lake and 6 km (4 mi) west of Whittier.
4. Sitka National Historical Park
Sitka National Historical Park (also known as Indian River Park andTotem Park) is a National Historical Park in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was established on October 18, 1972
5.Totem Heritage Center
The Totem Heritage Center is a museum operated by the City of Ketchikanin the U.S. state of Alaska.
The Heritage Center houses one of the world's largest collections of unrestored 19th century totem poles. The poles were recovered from uninhabited Tlingit settlements on Village Island and Tongass Island, south of Ketchikan, as well as from the Haida village of Old Kasaan.
One historical landmark is the Russian Bishops House.
Alaska's capital is Juneau is bigger than Rhode island and Delaware individually and almost as large when they are together.
it is named after the gold miner Joe Juneau.
Alaska's Governor is Sean Parnell. Sean was born November 19 1962 in Hanford California.
He is the 10th and current Governor of Alaska.Some major industries are
- Oil
- Tourism
- Fishing
- Timber
- Mining
- Agriculture
Some point of interest are
- Kenai Fjords National Park
2.Anchorage Museum
The Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center is a museum located in downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning as a public-private partnership to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Alaska purchase, it opened in 1968 with an exhibition of 60 borrowed Alaska paintings and a collection of 2,500 historic and ethnographic objects loaned from the local historical society, and the museum has been enlarged several times since.
3.Portage Glacier
Portage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska and is included within the Chugach National Forest. It is located south of Portage Lake and 6 km (4 mi) west of Whittier.
4. Sitka National Historical Park
Sitka National Historical Park (also known as Indian River Park andTotem Park) is a National Historical Park in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was established on October 18, 1972
5.Totem Heritage Center
The Totem Heritage Center is a museum operated by the City of Ketchikanin the U.S. state of Alaska.
The Heritage Center houses one of the world's largest collections of unrestored 19th century totem poles. The poles were recovered from uninhabited Tlingit settlements on Village Island and Tongass Island, south of Ketchikan, as well as from the Haida village of Old Kasaan.
One historical landmark is the Russian Bishops House.
Alaska's History
Vitus Bering, a Dane working for the Russians, and Alexei Chirikov discovered the Alaskan mainland and the Aleutian Islands in 1741. The tremendous land mass of Alaska—equal to one-fifth of the continental U.S.—was unexplored in 1867 when Secretary of State William Seward arranged for its purchase from the Russians for $7,200,000. The transfer of the territory took place on Oct. 18, 1867. Despite a price of about two cents an acre, the purchase was widely ridiculed as “Seward's Folly.” The first official census (1880) reported a total of 33,426 Alaskans, all but 430 being of aboriginal stock. The Gold Rush of 1898 resulted in a mass influx of more than 30,000 people. Since then, Alaska has contributed billions of dollars' worth of products to the U.S. economy.
In 1968, a large oil and gas reservoir near Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Coast was found. The Prudhoe Bay reservoir, with an estimated recoverable 10 billion barrels of oil and 27 trillion cubic feet of gas, is twice as large as any other oil field in North America. The Trans-Alaska pipeline was completed in 1977 at a cost of $7.7 billion.
In 1968, a large oil and gas reservoir near Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Coast was found. The Prudhoe Bay reservoir, with an estimated recoverable 10 billion barrels of oil and 27 trillion cubic feet of gas, is twice as large as any other oil field in North America. The Trans-Alaska pipeline was completed in 1977 at a cost of $7.7 billion.