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State 49 Facts Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/13/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Alaska Facts & Trivia! 1. Outsiders first discovered Alaska in 1741 when Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted it on a voyage from Sibera. 2. Russian whalers and fur traders on Kodiak Island established the first settlement in Alaska in 1784. 3. In 1867 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000, or 2 cents per acre, for Alaska. 4. On October 18, 1867 Alaska officially became the property of the US. Many Americans called the purchase "Seward's Folly." 5. Joe Juneau's 1880 discovery of gold ushered in the gold rush era. 6. Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.

Please re-hide carefully. Watch out for muggles and close lid completely to keep it sealed please!

Congrats to OmNom37, CarrotKiller & LopezFamily2016 for the FTF!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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