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Alaska in the 1940s
Since 1867, when the United States purchased the colony of Alaska from Russia, fortune-seekers had migrated to the territory, mostly settling around its southern panhandle. Beginning with the 1896 ...
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
On This Day in 1959, Alaska—One of America’s Riskiest Investments—Became the 49th State in the Union
Alaska is a gold mine, rich in natural resources like petroleum, seafood and literal gold. But the state, which became the United States’ 49th on this day in 1959, wasn’t always considered a ...
USA Today13d
Trump to sign executive order changing Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Can he do that?
The new 47th president of the United States also said he wanted to make another name change: changing the name of Alaska's ...
Winter storm spreads across the Deep South, creating icy danger and snowy fun
A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow ...
Naples Daily News13d
Trump to sign executive order changing Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Can he do that?
The new 47th president of the United States also said he wanted to make another name change: changing the name of Alaska's Mount ... into the U.S. at the southern border and concerns about drugs ...