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[[Image:Alaska_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Alaska.]]

[[Image:Alaska_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Alaska.]]

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

'''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]] to the east.  Its capital is [[Juneau]].

Alaska's territory was purchased from [[Russia]] in 1867 by the Johnson administration for 7.2 million [[USD]]; its vast oil and gold reserves have more than repaid the investment that was once ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."

Alaska's territory was purchased from [[Russia]] in 1867 by the Johnson administration for 7.2 million [[USD]]; its vast oil and gold reserves have more than repaid the investment that was once ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."