Alaska
Alaska
Capital: Juneau
Nicknames: The last frontier and the land of the midnight sun
State motto: North to the future
State flower: Forget-me-not
State tree: sitka spruce
State bird: Willow ptarmigan
State fish: King salmon
State song: "Alaska’s Flag"
Statehood: January 3rd 1959, 49th state
Area: 591,004 square miles, the largest in area
Neighbors: British Columbia and the Yukon Territory
Did you know: Dog mushing is Alaska's sport.
