Alaska became the 49th US state on August 21, 1959. It had been a state for 52 years on that date in 2011.
It was purchased in 1867.
More then 90 years.
Alaska officially became a state in 1959.
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Long before it was the USSR, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia.
Alaska was a US Territory long before the Spanish American War.
Since Kentucky became a state.
The State Fair was started in 1936, where as the state was not officially a state until 1959. So the fair has been going on for 75 years, although the name has changed since the original one.
Alaska became a state on July 7, 1958.
Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. It became the 49th state admitted to the Union.
It was granted statehood on 3 January 1959. Alaska is a state and has been for a long time
Alaska became the 49th state to the union in 1959.
It became a US Territory in 1912 and a State in 1959.
No it was a Russian Colony before it was purchased by the US in 1867. After a long period of neglect as a ward of the US Army, the US Navy and the US Treasury Department it became a US Territiry in 1912.
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The forget-me-not was chosen to represent Alaska in 1907, long before Alaska became a state in 1959. The bright blue flower is well-loved by those living in Alaska. Since many call Alaska "the land that God forgot", the people of Alaska chose a flower that speaks of memories of the beauty that is Alaska.
Long before it was the USSR, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia.
The long tail of Alaska that stretches hundreds of miles to the west are called the Aleutian Islands. They all belong to the state of Alaska.
Long Lake is in the Kepler-Bradley Lakes State Park near Matanuska, Alaska.
Santa Fe became the capital of New Mexico in 1610. It became the capital long before New Mexico became a state in 1912.