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The Texanist: Were Texans Disappointed When Alaska Joined the Union?
A: At about 268,596 square miles, Texas has reigned as America’s largest state from the time it was admitted, as the twenty-eighth state, on December 29, 1845, to the time Alaska was admitted, as the ...
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15-year-old dies after disappearing under icy Alaskan river, troopers say
Alaska State Troopers said two teens were riding a snow machine on the evening of Jan. 4 when they drove it into an open hole on the Kuskokwim River about 8 miles north of Kalskag. Cole Gilila, 15, ...
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Rock hunting trip ends in 50-year-old’s death at abandoned Alaska gold mine, cops say
Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old from Washington ... and Albert died, the Alaska Department of Public Safety said in a Jan. 6 news release. State troopers responded, but they ...