Alaska

• Admitted to statehood: January 3, 1959
• Origin of name: Russian version of an Aleutian word, Alakshak for "peninsula"
• Capital: Juneau
• Nickname: "Great Land", and "Last Frontier"
• Motto: "North to the Future"
• Bird: Willow ptarmigan
• Flower: Forget-Me-Not
• Song: "Alaska's Flag"
• Stone: Jade (Gem)
• Tree: Sitka Spruce
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