Alaska Facts

When Congress provided for civil government for Alaska in 1884, the first go vernor designed, and had made, a seal for the District of Alaska. The governor had a draftsman in Juneau sketch a new seal that incorporated the original features, plus symbols for mining, agriculture, fisheries, fur seal rookeries, and a railroad. The Constitution of the State of Alaska provides that the territorial seal shall be the seal for the State of Alaska, with the word "territory"