Alaska

The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there is 1 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska. Therefore, Alaska has 3 electoral votes.

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.

The highest temperature in Alaska is 100 degrees. Some parts of Alaska rarely get below 20 in winter. It's not the barren wasteland that some people think.

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Alaska

Here is information about Alaska's statehood and Russia's Occupation.

In 1725 a Russian exploration team was sent by "Peter the Great" to explore the Alaska Coastlines. Russia did not have the resources to man a military post or any type of settlement at that time. So in 1859 Russia first offered to sell Alaska to the U.S. However, the U.S. civil war prevented the U.S. from taking action on this offer until 1867. Alaska became a "district" of the U.S. in 1867. Then it became and "organized" territory in 1912. Finally it became a state in January of 1959. The purchases price was $7.2 Million dollars!Joel

On 3 January 1959.

Juneau has 8 zip codes: 99801, 99802, 99803, 99811, 99812, 99821, 99824, and 99850.

The US does have six time zones. Starting from the West they are Hawaii-Aleutian, Alaska, Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern Zones.

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Yes.

Brown Recluse spiders are not a naturally occurring arachnid in Alaska. They appear occasionally, usually entering the state through shipping pallets and other commerce activities. However, they cannot survive in the climate, so they die quickly. They are are very rarely ever seen.

Thus far the brown recluse is not listed as being found in Alaska, although there have been spiders that have been mistaken as the same. They have been confirmed in the Northern USA as well as Western Canada.

The Calhoun Mansion was built by George Williams after the Civil War. George Williams was a blockade runner that made a fortune off his neighbor's misery, therefore was an unpopular citizen in Charleston. In the early 1900's the house was owned by Patrick Calhoun who was a nephew of John C. Calhoun. John C. Calhoun was extremely well respected as was the Calhoun name. Charlestonians found it much more pleasing to refer to the house as the Calhoun Mansion instead of the Williams Mansion.

Its called a school building that has teachers in it with parents and buses that take them.

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Yes, in the Aleutian Islands, starting on June 4, 1942. At Kiska, Attu & Dutch Harbor.

William H. Seward, US Secretary of State.

An Aleutian is someone who is native to the Aleutian Islands. The Aleutian Islands consist of approximately 300 islands located in the northern Pacific Ocean. Part of the islands belong to Russia and part of the islands are part of Alaska. The U.S. population was 8,162 in 2000.

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Yes Alaska is bigger than Calafornia and Texas combined.

Alaska has higher elevations than Florida. Alaska's highest point is 2,320 feet.

Alaska is 3 Hours behind Louisiana

Both are Peninsulas, both are sport fishing paradises, both have miles of coastline and both are major seafood exporters.

in 1997 it was 1.215

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The Official Alaska State symbols include:

The wooly mammoth as the fossil.

The moose as the land mammal.

The Bowhead whale as the marine mammal.

The King Salmon as the fish.

The Sitka Spruce as the tree.

The Forget-Me-Not as the flower.