Alaska is a land of superlatives and adventure. The Great Land consists of five distinct regions: Inside Passage, Southcentral, Interior, Arctic and Southwest.
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- The US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 32 of the 50 states;Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska #FastFact #AlaskaThe US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 32 of the 50 states;Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska #FastFact #Alaska0 0 Comments 1 Shares
- Three groups of natives lived in Alaska: Eskimos, Aleuts, and Indians.
Europeans first discovered Alaska in 1741, when Danish explorer Vitus Bering sighted it on his long voyage from Siberia. The first settlement in Alaska was established by Russian whalers and fur traders on Kodiak Island in 1784.
Alaska was unexplored in 1867 when Secretary of State William Seward arranged for its purchase from the Russians for $7,200,000 (about two cents per acre). The purchase was widely ridiculed as “Seward's Folly.”
Alaska is the largest state in the union (1/5 of the entire USA) and is twice as big as Texas. #FastFact #State #AlaskaThree groups of natives lived in Alaska: Eskimos, Aleuts, and Indians. Europeans first discovered Alaska in 1741, when Danish explorer Vitus Bering sighted it on his long voyage from Siberia. The first settlement in Alaska was established by Russian whalers and fur traders on Kodiak Island in 1784. Alaska was unexplored in 1867 when Secretary of State William Seward arranged for its purchase from the Russians for $7,200,000 (about two cents per acre). The purchase was widely ridiculed as “Seward's Folly.” Alaska is the largest state in the union (1/5 of the entire USA) and is twice as big as Texas. #FastFact #State #Alaska0 0 Comments 1 Shares
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