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|capital=Juneau

|capital=Juneau

|language=English

|language=English

|governor=Sarah Palin

|governor=Sarah Palin <<< Holy shit, a girl with power!

|gparty=Republican

|gparty=Republican (Paid dipshits)

|senator1=Ted Stevens

|senator1=Ted Stevens

|s1party=Republican

|s1party=Republican

|date=January 3, 1959

|date=January 3, 1959

}}

}}

'''Alaska''' became the forty-ninth [[state]] to enter into the [[United States of America]] in 1959.  Alaska is not contiguous to the rest of the United States, bordering [[Canada]]'s [[Yukon Territory]] and province of [[British Columbia]] to the east.  Its [[capital]] is [[Juneau]].

'''Alaska''' became the forty-ninth <<< Late! [[state]] to enter into the [[United States of America]] in 1959.  Alaska is not contiguous to the rest of the United States, bordering [[Canada]]'s [[Yukon Territory]] and province of [[British Columbia]] to the east.  Its [[capital]] is [[Juneau]].

Alaska's territory was purchased from [[Russia]] in 1867 by the Johnson administration for 7.2 million [[Dollar|USD]]; its vast [[oil]] and [[gold]] reserves have more than repaid the investment that was once ridiculed as "Seward's Folly." ([[William Seward|William H. Seward]] was the [[Secretary of State]] that negotiated Alaska's purchase from Russia.)

Alaska's territory was purchased from [[Russia]] in 1867 by the Johnson administration for 7.2 million [[Dollar|USD]]; its vast [[oil]] and [[gold]] reserves have more than repaid the investment that was once ridiculed as "Seward's Folly." ([[William Seward|William H. Seward]] was the [[Secretary of State]] that negotiated Alaska's purchase from Russia.)