This Week in Alaskan History: Then President Dwight Eisenhower signed a proclamation on January 3, 1959 which admitted the territory of Alaska into the Union. With a flick of his pen, Eisenhower made Alaska not only the 49th state, but the largest as well. "Seward's Folly" Ninety-two years prior, then Secretary of State William H. Seward signed a treaty with Russia on March 30, … [Read more...]