Alaska entered into Statehood on January 3, 1959. Alaska State motto is North to the Future. The Alaska State is commonly called “The Last Frontier” or “Land of the Midnight Sun”. The Alaska State Capital is Juneau. The Alaska State flower is the forget-me-not (1949). The Alaska State tree is the sitka spruce (1962). The Alaska State bird is the willow ptarmigan (1955). The Alaska State fish is the king salmon (1962). The Alaska State song is “Alaska's Flag” (1955). The Alaska State gem is the jade (1968). The Alaska State marine mammal is the bowhead whale (1983). The Alaska State fossil is the woolly mammoth (1986). The Alaska State mineral is gold (1968). The Alaska State sport is dog mushing (1972).