the klondike gold rush, lots of oil, sarah palin, and northern exposure. and a lot of other stuff. plus, back to donald back to p point, alaska was a very big deal. 663,000 square miles worth of big deal. that s even a bigger deal than we made when we grabbed 520,000 square miles from mexico after the mexican-american war. another big dealmaker on that one president jas polk. alaska is bigger than any other deal other than the louisiana purchase. that 828,000 square mile deal by thomas jferson who won so much he got tired of winning, pretty much doubled the size of the united states. so today let s acknowledge that we don t make big deals like that anymore. and let s celebrate one of the biggest dls in american history. remember, u can see russia from alaska. enjoy.