SR 5 — Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the purchase of Alaska.

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SENATE00Enrolled RESOLUTIONSR NO.5 01 Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the purchase of Alaska.

502 am_______________ 0103 RecognizingBE theIT 150thRESOLVED anniversaryBY ofTHE theSENATE: purchase of Alaska.

0204 BEWHEREAS ITit RESOLVEDis BYimportant THEto SENATE:recognize that Alaska has been inhabited by Native 05 peoples since the beginning of recorded history and more than 10,000 years before Alaska's 06 discovery by Russia;

03and 07 WHEREAS itAlaska's isEuropean importantdiscovery towas recognizeby thatRussia Alaskain has1741, beenthe inhabitedfirst byRussian Native08 04colony peopleswas sinceestablished thein beginning1784, ofand recordedAlaska historywas anda moreRussian thancolony 10,000for 83 years before Alaska'sits 0509 discoverypurchase by Russia;the United States;

and 0610 WHEREASWHEREAS, Alaska'son EuropeanMarch discovery30, was1867, byUnited RussiaStates inSecretary 1741,of theState firstWilliam RussianSeward 0711 colonyagreed wasto establishedpurchase inAlaska 1784,from andRussia Alaskafor was$7,200,000, awhich Russianamounts colonyto for$123,000,000 83in years12 beforetoday's itsdollars, 08and purchaseincreased bythe size of the United States;States by almost 20 percent;

and 0913 WHEREAS,WHEREAS on March 30, 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward 10was agreedconvinced tothat purchase Alaska fromwas Russiastrategically forlocated $7,200,000,14 which amounts to $123,000,000 in 11 today's dollars, and increasedheld theabundant sizenatural ofresources; the United States by almost 20 percent;

and 1215 WHEREAS SecretaryMassachusetts SewardSenator wasCharles convincedSumner thatshepherded Alaskathe wastreaty strategicallywith located16 13Russia andthrough heldSenate abundantratification naturalbecause resources;he believed Alaska was critical to accessing Asian 17 markets;

and 14 WHEREAS Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner shepherded the treaty with 15 Russia through Senate ratification because he believed Alaska was critical to accessing Asian 16 markets;

and 07 WHEREAS, in 1880, the first big gold strike near Juneau started a migration of 08 people to Alaska, and subsequent gold discoveries near Nome in 1898 and in the Interior in 09 1902 brought people inland, resulting in the settlement of population centers in places such as 10 Manley Hot Springs and Fairbanks;

2491, the fiscal year 28 1996 budget reconciliation bill, with provisions to open the 1002 area of the Arctic National 29 Wildlife Refuge to energy development, but President Bill Clinton vetoed the measure;