Statehood: January 3, 1959 (49^th  State)

Stat Song:  "Alaska's Flag" (1955)

State Bird: willow ptarmigan (1955)

State Tree:  spruce (1962)

State Flower: Forget-me-not (1949)

State Fish: king salmon (1962)

State Gem: jade (1968)

State Marine mammal: bowhead whale (1983)

State Fossil: woolly mammoth (1986)

State Mineral: gold (1968)

State Sport: dog mushing (1972)

State Nickname: "Last Frontier, Great Land , Land of the Midnight Sun".

State Motto: "North to the Future

Highest Point: Mt. McKinley , 20,320 feet:

Lowest Point: The lowest point in Alaska is sea level where at the state meets the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Artic Ocean :

Largest cities: Anchorage, 275,043; Fairbanks, 31,324; Juneau, 30,987; Sitka, 8,986; Wasilla, 8,471; Kenai, 7,464; Ketchikan, 7,410; Palmer, 6,920; Kodiak, 6,273; Bethel, 6,262;:

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

Population (Quick Facts):   670,053  

http://www.welcometoalaska.com/facts.htm

Official State website: 

http://www.state.ak.us/

State Legislature:  

http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/index.php

Capital of State: Juneau, Alaska 

 http://www.alaska.com/places/cities/juneau/story/4503801p-4481798c.html

United States Department of Agriculture:

http://www.ak.nrcs.usda.gov/

Department of Public Safety: 

http://www.dps.state.ak.us/

Department of Transportation & Public Facilities:

http://www.dot.state.ak.us/

Economy:

http://www.alaskaneconomy.uaa.alaska.edu/economy.htm

Natural Resources:

http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/

Alaska Job link:

http://labor.state.ak.us/jobseek/jobseek.htm

Tourism and Travel:

http://www.travelalaska.com/

Public Library Service:

 http://www.publiclibraries.com/alaska.htm

Maps for the state of Alaska:

http://www.travelalaska.com/Maps/index.aspx

State Parks:

http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/

Museums:

http://www.museums.state.ak.us/list.html

Alabama Newspapers:

http://www.usnpl.com/aknews.php