Forty-four years ago today, on Jan. 26, 1959, the first Alaska state Legislature convened in Juneau. This photograph was taken of the 40-member House of Representatives, who were elected from 24 districts...

...the Canadian steamer Prince John was wrecked in Wrangell Narrows, but was later salvaged. In 1959, the first Alaska state Legislature convened in Juneau. In 1974, KTOO-FM, Alaska's first noncommercial, listener-supported radio station...

...the Canadian steamer Prince John was wrecked in Wrangell Narrows, but was later salvaged. In 1959, the first Alaska State Legislature convened in Juneau. In 1974, KTOO-FM, Alaska's first non-commercial, listener-supported radio...

...Jean Sztuk. The medallions are replicas of the original medallion cast at statehood, as directed by the first Alaska State Legislature, with a minor change - the addition of "2009." They carry the map of Alaska superimposed over the first...

...1917, the Canadian steamer Prince John wrecked in Wrangell Narrows, but was later salvaged. In 1959, the first Alaska State Legislature convened in Juneau. In 1974, KTOO-FM, Alaska's first noncommercial, listener-supported radio station...