By Tommy Williams

State bird State fish State seal State land mammal moose Willow Ptarmigan King salmon State fossil Wooly mammoth

Alaska adopted the flag for official state use in Alaska’s flag was made by an orphan boy named Seward.

Alaska has 25 counties The capital is Juneau and it is in the County Juneau.

Average max. temperature (F)90 degrees F Average min. temperature (F)-22 degrees F Average total precipitation (in.)53.6 in. Average total snowfall (in.)105 in.

Green house and nursery products are the main source of revenue. Agriculture: green house and nursery products, potatoes, cattle and calves, hay, and dairy products. Manufacturing: Ketchikan on Kodaik island is considered the center of the worlds salmon industry. Services: Alaska provides government, public schools, public hospitals, military bases. Other: mining: oil provides 95% of Alaska’s mining income.

Alaska was admitted to the union on Jan. 3, 1959 and became the 49 th state. population: 626,932 rank: 48 th Highest point: 20,320 ft. (mount McKinley) rank:1st Lowest point: sea level.

Alaska’s longest river is 1,875 miles (Yukon river). Alaska has over 3,000,000 lakes that are over 20 acres in size. Yukon river