Alaska’s Frontier Growth as 49th State Gains Ground
Alaska emerges as a vast frontier rich in resources gold oil silver copper and timber with a growing population of about 215 000. Settlers including war veterans move in while the Army strengthens Arctic bases making Seward’s Folly a strategic Western Hemisphere focal point.
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