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Alaska Day
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- 1Explorers first discovered Alaska in 1741 when Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering spotted land on a voyage from Siberia.
- 2Russian whalers and fur traders from Kodiak Island established the first settlement in Alaska in 1784.
- 3In 1867 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000, for Alaska. This became known as 'Sewards Folly'
- 4Alaska accounts for 25% of the oil produced in the United States.
- 5The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times.
- 6The fishing and seafood industry is the state's largest private industry employer.In fact, most of America's salmon, crab, halibut, and herring come from Alaska.
- 7The Alaska state motto is North to the Future.
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- Some fun facts about Alaska to celebrate Alaska Day on October 18th.
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- Brad Hegarty
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