Showing posts with label Alaska. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alaska. Show all posts

18 May 2011

#64 Juneau, Alaska, USA


In Alaska are five distinct groups of Native Alaskan peoples: Aleut Athabascan (Interior Indians), Tlingit and Haida (Coastal Indians), Inupiat (Northern Eskimos) and Yupik (Southern Eskimos).




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#63 Juneau, Alaska, USA


Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is a former Spanish mission in the present-day city of OceansideCalifornia. The mission was founded on June 13, 1798 by Padre Fermín Lasuén, and was the eighteenth of the Spanish missions established in California. Named for Saint Louis, the mission lent its name to the Luiseño tribe of Mission Indians.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places - #70000142: April 15, 1970
U.S. National Historic Landmark: April 15, 1970
California Historical Landmark #239

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Date of Issue: June 28, 2009 - Scenic American Landscapes: Grand Teton Natinal Park, Wyoming

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09 May 2011

#62 Alaska, USA


Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southeastern Alaska. It was established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. This protected area is included in an International Biosphere Reserve and is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park and preserve form the largest area managed by the National Park Service in the United States by area with a total of 13,175,799 acres (20,587.19 sq mi; 53,320.57 km2).
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Property No #72

Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO: 1979
Extension: 1992, 1994



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#60 Alaska, USA



Date of Issue: May 12, 2010 - Legends of Hollywood: Katherine Hepburn

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