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It's home to the 10 highest mountains in the United States |
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STATE FACTS |
2025-04-09 |
#9308 |
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Seen here is the designer of what became this state's flag |
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STATE FLAGS |
2017-12-18 |
#7656 |
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The coldest on average |
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U.S. STATES |
2016-04-08 |
#7275 |
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The northernmost |
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U.S. STATES |
2016-04-08 |
#7275 |
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The westernmost |
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U.S. STATES |
2016-04-08 |
#7275 |
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The one with the most coastline |
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U.S. STATES |
2016-04-08 |
#7275 |
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It's the only state name that can be typed using the letters on only one row of the standard keyboard |
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U.S. STATES |
2015-03-03 |
#7017 |
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It became the 49th state January 3, 1959 |
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THE 50 STATES |
2012-07-11 |
#6418 |
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Appropriately, it has a huge state marine mammal: the bowhead whale |
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THE 50 STATES |
2012-03-20 |
#6337 |
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America's largest national park, Wrangell-St. Elias, covers more than 8 million acres in this large state |
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U.S. STATES |
2010-07-05 |
#5956 |
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Its official state sport is dog mushing |
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OFFICIAL STATE STUFF |
2006-09-18 |
#5061 |
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Major Native American tribes in this state include the Athabaskan, Tlingit & Haida |
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THE 50 STATES |
2005-06-14 |
#4797 |
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(Hi, I"m Joshua Morrow from The Young and the Restless.) "North to the Future" is the official motto of this state, my birthplace |
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STATE FACTS |
1999-12-07 |
#3512 |
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Its license plates bear a flag depicting the Big Dipper & the North Star |
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U.S. STATES |
1999-11-23 |
#3502 |
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This state has 8 national parks totalling over 50 million acres |
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STATE FACTS |
1999-11-01 |
#3486 |
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Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula is this state's westernmost mainland point |
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THE 50 STATES |
1999-03-03 |
#3343 |
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[flag] |
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STATE FLAGS |
1998-04-16 |
#3149 |
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It has only 9 places with 5,000 or more people, including Kenai, Ketchikan & Sitka |
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U.S. STATES |
1997-12-19 |
#3065 |
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The international date line bends around this state |
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U.S. STATES |
1997-05-21 |
#2943 |
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The name of this state is from an Aleut word meaning "Great Land" |
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THE 50 STATES |
1996-12-25 |
#2838 |
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Its state sport is dog mushing |
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U.S. STATES |
1996-12-10 |
#2827 |
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The flag of this 49th state was designed in 1927 by a 13-year-old schoolboy |
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STATE FLAGS |
1995-12-05 |
#2592 |
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It's the only U.S. state that's larger than Texas |
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U.S. STATES |
1994-11-08 |
#2342 |
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Lava & ash from Novarupta Volcano created this state's Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes |
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THE 50 STATES |
1994-09-09 |
#2300 |
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Aniakchak National Monument in this state is the 2500'-deep caldera of a volcano |
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U.S. STATES |
1993-10-12 |
#2092 |
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Only Wyoming has fewer people than this largest state in area |
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THE 50 STATES |
1993-07-02 |
#2050 |
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Texas has the most farms with 185,000; this state has the fewest with about 500 |
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THE 50 STATES |
1993-06-22 |
#2042 |
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In 1992 most of this state's permanent residents got $915.84 from its oil revenues |
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U.S. STATES |
1993-05-21 |
#2020 |
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California had a gold rush beginning in 1848 & what's now this state had one beginning in 1896 |
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U.S. STATES |
1993-03-17 |
#1973 |
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This state's first railroad was the White Pass & Yukon Railway, which began running in 1898 |
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THE 50 STATES |
1992-11-02 |
#1876 |
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In 1912 this future state became a territory |
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U.S. STATES |
1991-12-26 |
#1689 |
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Not surprisingly, this state's official sport is mushing |
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U.S. STATES |
1991-07-08 |
#1596 |
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This state's first governor, William A. Egan, was reelected in 1970 |
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U.S. STATES |
1991-03-21 |
#1519 |
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The name of this state is often found in desserts made with ice cream |
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U.S. STATES |
1990-09-27 |
#1394 |
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The only parts of North America occupied by Japanese troops during World War II are in this state |
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U.S. STATES |
1989-04-13 |
#1074 |
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In 1802 the Tlingit Indians massacred many of the Russian settlers in what is now this state |
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THE 50 STATES |
1988-12-02 |
#980 |
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This state's capital lies on Cook Inlet, west of the Chugach Mountains |
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THE 50 STATES |
1988-11-11 |
#965 |
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The biggest earthquake ever to hit the U.S. happened in 1964 in this state |
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U.S. STATES |
1988-05-30 |
#876 |
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This state is almost twice the size of Scandinavia |
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U.S. STATES |
1988-01-13 |
#778 |
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Some say Secretary of State William H. Seward selected the name for this state |
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U.S. STATES |
1987-10-23 |
#720 |
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Our westernmost state |
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THE 50 STATES |
1987-06-04 |
#649 |
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This state's coastline is longer than Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific coasts of all other states combined |
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U.S. STATES |
1987-01-07 |
#543 |
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"The Last Frontier" |
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U.S. STATES |
1985-11-01 |
#300 |
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State with highest average wage, $9,000 higher than 2nd-highest state |
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U.S. STATES |
1985-09-10 |
#262 |
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Only U.S. railroad owned and operated by Federal gov't. is found entirely within this sizeable state |
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U.S. STATES |
1985-03-15 |
#135 |
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Only state with Arctic and Pacific coastlines |
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U.S. STATES |
1985-02-12 |
#112 |
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State with the smallest population |
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U.S. STATES |
1985-02-06 |
#108 |
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The Russians sold it to Seward at 2ยข an acre |
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U.S. STATES |
1984-09-17 |
#6 |