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Return to: The Road to Statehood - Alaska's governor, Mike Stepovich, and congressional advocates for statehood for the northern territory were jubilant after Senate passage of the Alaskan statehood bill.

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Statehood bonfire pile, 1958

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Title taken from verso. View of bonfire pile during celebration of statehood, on the Park Strip, Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." June 30, 1958. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".

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