Alaska, the largest state of the United States, is bounded on the east by Canada (Yukon Territory and British Columbia); on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the west by the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and the Chukchi Sea, across which lies Russia; and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. It extends from about 51º 20′ to 71º 30′ north latitude, and from 129º 59′ to 179º 46′ west longitude. The state stretches roughly 1,420 miles from north to south and about 2,500 miles from east to west, including the Aleutian Islands. It contains approximately 663,300 square miles, or 424,512,000 acres, making it by far the largest state in area.
Alaska, the 49th State… the Great Land… the Last Frontier… taunted early explorers and still defies modern-day researchers, while exerting a fascination that attracts more and more people looking for that ‘something different.’ The hint of urban sophistication in Anchorage and Juneau rapidly gives way to the frontier, where outdoor survival skills are among the most useful attributes a resident can possess.
Alaska has lush rain-drenched forests and barren windswept tundra. There are lofty mountains, still-active volcanoes, and spectacular glaciers, as well as countless lakes and endless swamps. Along with a handful of modern high-rise buildings there are countless one-room log cabins. Within hours of dining sumptuously in a first-class restaurant it is possible to tread on ground that has never known a human footprint: ground belonging to the grizzly bear and the wolf and shared only reluctantly with human beings.
This state project is part of the much larger American History & Genealogy Project or better known by the abbreviation of AHGP. It has been in existence online since 2000 and over the years has been spread out across the web. These pages are an attempt to consolidate it under one website of the larger project.
Alaska Information
- West Coast Gazetteer & Directory ~ Alaska
Alaska History
- Alaska’s Administrators and Governors
- Boroughs of Alaska & Their History
- The Alaska-Canada Boundary Dispute
- Alaska Isn’t All Aleutians
- Alaska Natives, First People of Alaska
- Brief Histories of Selected Belief Systems
- Communities of Alaska & Their Histories
- Diseases and Their Effects on Alaskans
- Federal Depository Library Documents
- Gold Rush and Mining History
- The Hazelton Route
- Historical Government Documents
- The History of Alaska
- History of Aviation in Alaska
- Immigration
- Letters From Alaska
- Library Online
- Alaska : The Great Country
- Among the Thlinkits in Alaska
- Apostle of Alaska : the story of William Duncan of Metlahkatla
- Coast Indians of Southern Alaska and Northern British Columbia
- Culture and Change for Inupiat and Yup’iks of Alaska
- Eskimo About Bering Strait, The
- Indians of the Yukon and Tanana Valleys
- Life and Work of Innocent, Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kuriles and the Aleutian Islands
- Study of the Thlingets of Alaska
- Ten’a Texts and Tales from Anvik, Alaska
- Totem Lore of the Alaskan Indians
- Matanuska Valley Project
- Maps of Alaska
- Maritime History of Alaska
- Russian America
- Tragedy of the C-47
- The U.S. – Siberian Telegraph
- The Voice of the Arctic
Alaska Genealogy
- 50 Years of Arrivals to Alaska, 1906-1956
- Bankruptcy Case Index (Nome), 1901-1952
- Biographical Sketches
- Black Sheep of Alaska
- Cemeteries
- Censuses & Lists of Inhabitants
- Criminal Case Files Index (Nome), 1900-1955
- Dawson, Y. T. Databases
- Index of Dawson Residents, 1896-1920
- Dawson City Mortuary Records, 1898-1938
- Families of the Matanuska Valley Project
- Military Records and Histories
- Newspaper Articles
- Obituaries
- Pioneers of Alaska
- Yearbooks
Vital Records
- Sitka Births, 1816-1867
- Alaska Marriage Index Database, 1745-1950
- Alaska Native Point Hope Marriages, 1880-1935
- Some Russian Orthodox Marriages, 1805-1917
- Alaska Deaths Index Database
- Sitka Burials, 1816-1866
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