USA Mega series #2; Alaska Traditional Cache

This is a one of a series of 51 caches (50 traditional (States) and a puzzle bonus (USA)) that will take you around the town of Thornbury.

All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.

                                            ALASKA         

• Origin of name: From the Aleut work Alyeska, meaning Great land
• Capital: Juneau
• Largest city: Anchorage
• Population: 735,132 (2013 est) Ranked 47^th in the US
• Nicknames: Great land
• Highest point: Mount McKinley, 20,320 ft
• Admission to union: January 3^rd 1959 (49^th)
• State motto: North to the future
• State song: Alaska’s flag
• State tree: Sitka spruce
• State flower: Forget-me-not
• State bird: Willow Ptarmigan
• Area: 663,268 sq mi. Ranked 1^st in the US
  
   

Did you know……...

1) The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times

2) In 1867 United States secretary of state William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000 or two cents per acre for Alaska.

3) Alaska accounts for 25% of the oil produced in the United States.

4) Alaska has been called America's Last Frontier.

5) 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the United States are located in Alaska.