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ALASKA . Physical Features Economy Sports Important Events Famous Residents and Natives Wildlife Interesting Facts Symbols Song By: Brittany. Physical Features. Mount Denali. Mount McKinley. Mount Spurr. Economy. Agriculture Industries. Sports. Dog Mushing. Kayaking.
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ALASKA • Physical Features • Economy • Sports • Important Events • Famous Residents and Natives • Wildlife • Interesting Facts • Symbols • Song By: Brittany
Physical Features Mount Denali Mount McKinley Mount Spurr
Economy • Agriculture • Industries
Sports Dog Mushing • Kayaking Early Kachemak Bay fishermen show off their 700 POUND halibut catch! Huskies along the trail March, 1998. Hockey
Sport Teams • Hockey:Fairbanks Ice Dogs Anchorage Sea wolves Fairbanks Nanooks Nanooks
Important Events Mining Gold 1906 Blanket Toss Event, 1957. In this picture, the people are tossing up this lady using a blanket. Who ever jumps the highest in this Alaskan competition, wins!
Famous Residents & Natives • Samuel Hall Young • William A. Egan • John Griffith (Jack) London • Benny Benson
Alaska's first Governor William A. Egan - only Alaskan-born governor -born Oct. 8, 1914, Valdez -Died 1984(lung disease).
Wildlife Bowhead Whale Alaskan bear eating fresh salmon. Polar Bear Kodiak Bear Grizzly Bear Moose
Interesting Facts • Coastline has three different bodies of water: • Twenty-nine volcanoes throughout the whole state. • William A. Egan was the only Alaskan born governor.
STATE SYMBOLS • Flower: Forget-me-not (1949) • Tree: Sitka Spruce (1962) • Bird: Willow ptarmigan (1955) • Fish: King Salmon (1962) • Song: “Alaska's Flag” (1955) • Gem: Jade(1968) • Marine Mammal: Bowhead whale (1983) • Fossil: Woolly mammoth (1986) • Land Mammal: Moose • Mineral: Gold(1968) • Sport: Dog mushing (1972)
Symbols Forget-me-not King Salmon Wooly mammoth Willow Ptarmigan Sitka Spruce Jade Gold
STATE SONG Alaska's FlagWritten by Marie DrakeComposed by Elinor Dusenbury Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -Alaska's flag. May it mean to you The blue of the sea, the evening sky, The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,The precious gold of the hills and streams; The brilliant stars in the northern sky, The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,The great North Star with its steady light, Over land and sea a beacon bright. Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear, The simple flag of a last frontier.
STAMPS 1909 1937 1986